Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Lemon Chicken Recipe is a non-vegetarian Indian chinese appetizer, side made with simple everyday ingredients in about 75 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 60 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 75 minutes
- Yield: 3
- Category: Appetizer, Side
- Cuisine: Indian chinese
Ingredients
- 300 grams (10 ounce) chicken (boneless breast)
- 1½ tbsp oil
- 1 tsp ginger (fine grated)
- 1½ to 2 tbsp lemon juice
- ¼ tsp salt ((adjust to taste))
- ¼ tsp lemon zest ((optional))
- ¾ tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
- ⅛ tsp turmeric ((optional))
- ½ tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp ginger (chopped or minced)
- ½ tbsp garlic (chopped or minced)
- 1 green chili (slit)
- 1 medium yello onion (chopped)
- ½ tsp sugar
- 1 tsp cajun seasoning (or garam masala or ¼ tsp all-spice)
- ½ tbsp soya sauce
- 8 to 10 mint leaves (or handful of coriander leaves fine chopped)
Method
- Mix chicken with the rest of the ingredients mentioned under marinade. Cover and rest for at least one hour to overnight in the refrigerator.
- Heat oil in a pan and saute ginger garlic for a minute. Add onions, chilies, sugar and salt. Saute until the onions turn transparent, for 4 to 5 mins.
- Add marinated chicken and saute for 2 mins. Stir in the spice blend and pour the soya sauce. Saute on a medium heat until the chicken is cooked through, for another 3 mins.
- Taste test to adjust salt, sauce or spices. Add mint leaves and saute for another 1 min until they wilt and turn aromatic.
- Serve lemon chicken with onion wedges alongside fried rice or noodles.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
