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Lemon Chicken

Lemon Chicken

The combination of lemon and chicken is a fabulous one, but lemon chicken from a Chinese takeaway has become slightly notorious in recent years for its vivid yellow sweet sauce and potential calorific content! Made at home with fresh lemons it's a fantastic dish with a delicious tangy flavour, and will always get a lot of love from friends and family at your Noodle Legend feasts!

To make this recipe, you'll need:

BADIAN BLEND: ½ tsp

LA JIAO BLEND: 1 tsp

MA LA BLEND: 1 tsp

ZHIMA BLEND: 3 tsp

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Page number: 128

Effort: Medium effort

Serves: 4

Prep: 25 mins

Cook: 40 mins

Origin: China

Shopping List

  • 2 large chicken breasts or boneless skinless thighs (approx. 500g total weight) - butterflied or flattened slightly with a rolling pin to be a fairly even thickness
  • 1 clove of garlic - finely grated or crushed
  • Fresh ginger - finely grated or chopped to make 2 tsp
  • 2 lemons - 1 zested, then both halved for juicing
  • 1 egg (any size) - beaten
  • 50g sugar
  • 75g breadcrumbs
  • 50g plain flour
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 stock cube (chicken or vegetable)
  • 1 tsp sesame oil (optional)

Blends Needed

BADIAN BLEND: ½ tsp

LA JIAO BLEND: 1 tsp

MA LA BLEND: 1 tsp

ZHIMA BLEND: 3 tsp

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Lauren Needs

Tonight we tried the lemon chicken recipe from the Noodle Legend cookbook. It was absolutely fantastic, easy to make and tasted better than our local takeaway!

Great job, Lauren - we're so pleased to hear that these fresh flavours beat the takeaway for you!

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Dawn Grieve

This was really good. I added an extra lemon, because the sauce was too sweet and not zingy enough for me. This was probably down to small lemons though, I did not measure the juice. Rookie mistake. I am used to our home grown lemons which are massive beasts, shop bought do not compare.

My sister, who does not like breadcrumb coated chicken, liked it a lot. The chicken was juicy and delicious. I served it with noodles. Forgot to take a picture. Maybe next time.

We're so pleased to hear how much you all enjoyed this lemon chicken recipe - great idea to add an extra lemon for even more tangy flavour!

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Freya Malcher

So yummy! Paired with stir fried greens and rice as suggested in the noodle legend book. Will become a new fav!

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Laura Willmott

The lemon sauce was so zingy! A fantastic dish. I made it without the bread crumbs as I didn't have any gluten free breadcrumbs. But I think it worked just as well without.

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Deborah Brown

So lemony and perfectly sweet. Totally refreshing taste. This sauce with chicken is a marriage made in heaven. Delicious. Thank you guys

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Sheila Jones

Lemon chicken, stir-fried greens with garlic and plain rice. Loved the idea of breading the chicken. I'll be more carefully with the amount of Badian I add next time - it was a little too dominant!