Best Lemon-Lime Chicken


Course : Chicken
Serves: 8
Print a Recipe Card
3 x 5 Card | 4 x 6 Card | Printer Friendly
 

Ingredients:


8 medium boneless chicken breast

2 teaspoons kosher salt

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon dry white wine

1 teaspoon fresh ginger root

1/8 teaspoon white pepper

1 large egg

1 cup cornstarch

3/4 cup water

1/8 teaspoon white pepper

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

2 teaspoons fresh lime juice

2 teaspoons lemon zest

2 drops food coloring

2 Cup peanut oil
 

Preparation / Directions:


pound breast halves to flatten slightly, without tearing arrange into a glass baking pan combine salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, wine, ginger, and white pepper-mix well pour over chicken, turning to coat well cover and chill for 15-30 minutes add egg-mix well combine 1 tablespoon cornstarch, water, remaining sugar, remaining salt, white pepper, lemon juice, lime juice, lemon zest, and lime zest-mix well, and set aside place remaining cornstarch into a shallow bowl or plate dredge chicken in cornstarch, coating evenly on all sides, pat firmly with your hands to remove all excess heat a wok, skillet, or saute pan, over a moderately-high flame add oil and allow to heat briefly add chicken and fry until golden and crisp drain well on a cooling rack and blot with paper towels pour off oil stir sauce mixture and pour into pan heat and stir until thickened remove from heat bias-slice chicken into bite-size strips arrange onto a serving platter or individual serving plates moisten with thickened sauce mixture garnish with lemon and lime slices, or as desired serve hot, with hot cooked rice

 

Nutritional Information:

95 Calories (kcal); 1g Total Fat; (5% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 21g Carbohydrate; 23mg Cholesterol; 479mg Sodium


Rate this Recipe?
1 2 3 4 5
Poor                            Great

More Chicken Recipes