Lemon Chicken

By cjbowman

Ingredients

• 4 skinless chicken breasts
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• peanut oil
• Marinade
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar, or sherry
• 2 teaspoons corn starch
• Sauce
• 1 large lemon
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
• cornstarch/ water mixture for thickening

Preparation

Step 1

Separate chicken pieces into two halves and open them on the thicker side. Marinate chicken 30 minutes.

For sauce, slice the lemon into very thin slices.; Remove seeds. Add the water, brown sugar and vinegar to a small sauce pan. Bring to a boil and simmer until lemon slices are soft.

Thicken sauce with a cornstarch/water mixture and cook until transparent.

Break an egg over the marinating chicken and mix well

Dip chicken pieces in cornstarch and shallow fry

Remove chicken and chop into pieces. Serve over a bed of rice and spoon the sauce over the chicken.