True Lemon Chicken

I wanted to make Lemon Chicken like the Chinese restaurants have. After trying many recipes, I found one that was OK. I played with the recipe and tweeked it to my liking...a Lemon Sauce that is lemony with a good balance of sweet. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.

Category: Main Dish

Cuisine: Chinese

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6 reviews 
Ready in 45 minutes
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Ingredients

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into bite-size pieces

1 tablespoon olive oil

salt and pepper

1 lemon, juice of or 3 tablespoons bottled lemon juice

1 cup Water

1/8 cup Lime juice

1/8 cup Lemon juice

3/4 cup Sugar

1 pinch Salt

2 drops yellow food coloring

cornstarch mixed with

water to thicken


Directions

1CHICKEN: Saute cubed chicken in olive oil until done. 2Set aside. 3SAUCE: In a small sauce pan, combine first 7 ingredients and bring to a low boil. 4Slowly stir in cornstarch solution. 5Depending on how thick you want the sauce determines how much cornstarch solution you use. 6Careful- sauce tends to boil up when cornstarch solution is added. 7Serve chicken over a bed of rice. 8Pour sauce over chicken& rice. 9Enjoy!

Reviews

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pah19
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The sauce is sensational

pezzaj
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Wow!! I could not get this sauce to thicken! & felt like it was missing a crust on the chicken.

Jenjennifer
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Too lemony! Nice consistency of sauce but that is where it ends.

Btcw
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sounds like a winner, healthy too, Thanks for sharing, CCheryl

CCheryl

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