True Lemon Chicken

By Booper-2

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.

Ingredients

• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt and pepper
• 1 lemons, 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

Preparation

Step 1

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