Chinese Lemon Chicken Recipe

Deep fried chicken bites with sauce

1/2 cup lemon juice

2 teaspoons grated lemon rind

2 teaspoons chicken stock powder

2 tablespoons Edmonds Fielder's cornflour

3 tablespoons brown sugar

2 teaspoons grated root ginger

1 and 1/2 cups water

4 single boneless chicken breasts

1/4 cup Edmonds Fielder's cornflour

1 egg white

oil for deep-frying

4 spring onions, chopped

Combine lemon juice, rind, stock powder, first measure of cornflour, sugar, ginger and water in a saucepan

Bring to the boil, stirring constantly until mixture boils and thickens

Remove from heat

Cover and keep warm

Remove skin from chicken and cut flesh into bite-sized pieces

Coat in second measure of cornflour

Lightly beat egg white

Dip a few pieces of chicken into egg white

Deep-fry until crisp and golden

Drain and keep warm

Continue doing this until all chicken has been cooked

Arrange chicken on serving plate

Pour hot sauce over chicken

Garnish with spring onions

Serves 4 - 6

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