Sunday, July 25, 2010

Does anyone have a good recipe for the sauce that goes on Chinese lemon chicken?

I got a great recipe for the chicken itself, but I need a good one for the sauce. The one I'm looking for is quite tart and lemony, and not too sweet. It's a thicker sauce which I believe is thickened with cornstarch, and I believe it also contains onion. One recipe I tried was OK but it was ruined with sherry which made it taste strange.Does anyone have a good recipe for the sauce that goes on Chinese lemon chicken?
Chinese Lemon Sauce ---











1/4 cup sugar


1/3 cup chicken broth


1 teaspoon grated lemon peel


3 tablespoons lemon juice


2 tablespoons light corn syrup


2 tablespoons rice vinegar


1/4 teaspoon salt


1 garlic clove, minced


2 teaspoons cornstarch


1 teaspoon cold water








Chinese Lemon Sauce ---





Heat all ingredients except cornstarch and cold water to boiling in 1-quart suacepan, stirring occasionally. Mix cornstarch and cold water; stir into sauce. Cook and stir about 30 seconds or until thickened. Serve warm, or cover and refrigerate up to 2 weeks.Does anyone have a good recipe for the sauce that goes on Chinese lemon chicken?
Ingredients:


4 Whole chicken breasts


1/2 Cup cornstarch


2 Tbs Water


1 Tbs Light soy sauce or oyster sauce


4 Egg yolks (~50g eggs)


Salt to taste


Pepper to taste


6 Green shallots (spring onions), chopped


Oil for deep-frying


Sauce:


150ml Lemon juice


3 1/2 Tbs Cornstarch


1 1/2 Tbs Sherry


3 Tbs Light runny honey


2 1/2 Tbs Light brown sugar


240ml Water


2 Cube chicken stock, crumbled


1 Tsp Ginger, finely grated


Salt to taste





Method:


1. Cut the chicken breasts in strips. Reserve.


2. For the sauce, combine the lemon juice, cornstarch, sherry, honey, sugar, water, chicken stock and ginger together in a saucepan.


3. Stir over low heat until all the sugar has melted. Then let the sauce boil and thicken. Reserve.


4. Beat the egg yolks, soy sauce and two tablespoons water together. Put the cornstarch into a bowl, gradually add the egg mixture and mix well. Salt and pepper to taste.


5. Heat up the oil.


6. Dip the chicken breast strips into the batter.


7. Put a few pieces of chicken into the hot oil and fry until golden. Drain on absorbent paper.


8. Keep warm in a moderate oven (~160掳C/325掳F) while frying the remaining chicken strips.


9. Arrange the chicken on a serving plate, spoon hot sauce over and sprinkle with the chopped green shallots.
I always just buy mine at the restaraunt, I tried to make it but it never comes out like theirs.

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