Boneless lemon chicken (ga chien don sot chanh)
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chicken breasts (about 400g/ 13oz) | |
| ½ | cup | Flour |
| 1 | cup | Chicken stock |
| 1 | large | Lemon, juice of |
| Few drops yellow food colour | ||
| Cooking & Gourmet Echos 6/94 | ||
| ½ | cup | Cornflour |
| 3 | Egg whites | |
| 4 | cups | Oil for deep frying |
| Few drops lemon essence | ||
| Salt and pepper | ||
| 1 | tablespoon | Cornflour |
Directions
SAUCE
Skin and trim the chicken breasts and coat lightly with the flour.
Sift the remaining flour and cornflour into a bowl, add enough cold water to make a thick batter. Beat the egg whites to peaks and fold into the batter. Heat the deep oil. Coat the chicken with batter and deep-fry for about 6 mins until cooked through and the batter crisp and golden, remove and drain well.
Bring the stock to a boil in a small saucepan and add the lemon juice, colouring and lemon essence. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Mix the tablespoon of cornflour with a little water, stir into the sauce and boil until thickened. Slice the chicken, pour on the sauce and serve at once.
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Typed or you by : Sue Rykmans. Submitted By JOELL ABBOTT On 10-24-94