Chinese Lemon Chicken

Make it like the takeaway does by using lemon cordial as a base. I once had one that tasted like apple and pear cordial instead. This was a hilarious mistake on their part!

Had it with thin egg nudels. Added teriyaki and hoisin sauce.

I used califlower instead of chicken to make it vegetarian. It's pretty tasty. I used the air fryer

Has anyone cooked the chicken in the air fryer?

This dish was absolutely perfect. If the chicken is cooked long enough then the cornstarch cooks off.

Quite good, don't put too much corn starch into the lemon sauce because you can't cover them very easily otherwise.

Mine is not very pretty. I was out of sesame seeds and green onions. But we all loved it!

My whole family loved it. It is perfect for lunch or dinner

One of the best dishes I have made. Just make shure you coat the flowe in small batches of cornstarch I waisted a bit

My whole family love this meal, it tastes like a proper indulgent takeaway! Enjoyed with rice and crispy kale

it was very tasty my two 13 year old boys really enjoyed this exquisite dish and they said them selves big yum. Be liberal with the lemon juice, and bring the sauce nearly to a boil while whisking to get it to thicken.

I would recommend putting some seasoning into the cornstarch coating so there's a bit more flavor! I put in chili powder and some powdered chicken bouillon. Lemon is definitely a bit more forward in the sauce so if you want a little more sweetness, add more sugar or honey. I used brown sugar for a bit more of a caramel flavor. Rice is a fantastic pairing.

Everybody absolutely loved the chicken and sauce in this dish and there were no leftovers.

Made it with green beans and served over rice. Really tasty, though I agree with others that it could use more sugar.

Added Asparagus for some greenery and added crunch. It was excellent.

Absolutely delicious, but go easy on the salt or you might regret it, also add even more honey to the sauce it only makes it better, but don't go overboard. Also make a side of white rice, it's good on its own but rice takes it to another level!

Delicious, but time consuming to prepare.

Excellent! A bit time consuming as the chicken has to cook in 2 batches, but it cooks quickly. Great flavor. I might reduce the corn starch for the slurry a little next time. Sauce was very thick.

Really slow process but very nice. Took about 90 minutes in all. Wouldn't make too often as it's quite a faff.

This was delicious! It tastes just like something you would get from a mom-and-pop Chinese restaurant. It does take a long time (about 2 hours, but I did triple the recipe) and make a lot of dishes, but I'll definitely make this again. I did use ground ginger and garlic.

This was good. However, it was time consuming. It's good to have a partner help you with this dish.

We loved this and will make it often.

Yummy, but not worth the effort. Might as well go pick up a bag of frozen orange chicken from TJ's!

It's alright. Not crispy though. Think I'll just stick to Chinese take out instead of making my own at home.

Unbelievable

I used the air fryer to crisp the chicken at the end. It was great! Loved the flavor & crunch. Took a little longer, but did this on Saturday so I had the time.

Too salty! Would prefer a yellow lemon sauce not brown.

I don't know what went wrong, but when I added the marinade and chicken to the corn starch, it was very wet. Then, later, the sauce was too thick so I had to add water. I still ate it, but it was more of a sticky sauce with chicken than the separated pieces of fried chicken I expected.

Very yummy and the kiddos loved it! Get in batches is always a pain, but it goes very fast because of the small pieces. NOTE: when the recipe says add the chicken and marinade into the cornstarch, they mean all of it because it goes into the sauce later. I didn't read ahead and had to call an audible later with the sauce ...

I had to leave out a lot of ingredients like cornstarch and sesame seeds because I didn't have it in my kitchen, but it was good still!

Delicious and easy to make. I highly recommend adding some chilli flakes.

I can't say i liked this recipe. It was average. But that is maybe I've reduced the amount of sugar. I was not impressed with this recipe at all and will be looking for another one. Again, it maybe because the amount of sugar i put was twice less then in the recipe.

Tasted delicious, I doubled the sauce and added broccoli, because I wanted to have it as a noodle stir fry. Sometimes when I’m too lazy I use frozen chicken nuggets and I put them in the oven, I use that as the breaded chicken and I add it to the lemon sauce in the pan 😂

I messed up slightly with the sauce. I did it all in a bowl before putting it in the pan but it still seemed to work out. But it did very well and I prefer it to the lemon chicken from my takeaway which has changed to being too sour.