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Healthy Lemon Chicken

By Beverley Glock
A healthy version of the classic Chinese lemon chicken dish.  This version uses stir frying rather than deep frying and you can adjust the lemon sauce to taste by adding less lemon or more sugar. For an even…
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Ingredients

11 total
  • 1 tbsp of cornflour
  • 2 chicken breasts, skinless and boneless, diced
  • 1 egg white
  • 70 ml of chicken stock
  • 2 lemons, juiced
  • 2 tsp of sugar
  • 2 tsp of light soy sauce
  • 2 tsp of rice wine
  • 1 tsp of sunflower oil
  • 1 clove of garlic, crushed
  • 1 pinch of dried crushed chillies

Method

5 steps

  1. Step 1

    Mix the egg white and cornflour together. This will go lumpy intially but keep going and it will mix properly after a few minutes.

  2. Step 2

    Add the chicken slices, stir to coat all the chicken, cover and chill for 30 minutes

  3. Step 3

    Mix together the stock, lemon juice, sugar, soy sauce and rice wine, set to one side.

  4. Step 4

    Heat up the sunflower oil in a non stick wok or frying pan, add the chopped garlic and stir fry for 1 minute, add the chicken a piece at a time to stop it all sticking together and stir fry for around 5 minutes until cooked.

  5. Step 5

    Add the stock mixture, bring to a simmer and cook for 2-3 minutes until the liquid has reduced, one final stir and serve.