Chinese lemon chicken is a delicious, refreshing alternative to the usual sweet and sour chicken. Fresh lemons really make this chicken dish, and although our sweet and sour chicken recipe nails it every time, this lemon chicken may just become your new favorite.
We’ve gotten many requests for this recipe over the years. Crispy on the outside and coated with a sticky lemony sauce with fresh lemon juice, zest, and slices, all you lemon lovers will love it!
Full recipe here!
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0:00 Intro
2:19 Can I air fry the chicken?
2:41 Making the beer batter
3:04 How to get super crispy chicken
5:01 Frying the chicken and making the sauce
5:26 Finishing the dish
7:43 Taste test
8:40 Blooper – 🙂
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9 Comments
I have also always used my finger to mix the corn starch slurry
Thank you so much for this excellent video. I love you taking me through every step. Seriously thank you. 🥰🥰🥰😎🥰🥰🥰 nummmmm!!!
Mouth watering 🤤😋
Awesomeness
So happy to see this video. I saw the recipe in your newsletter but seeing the video is soo much better .
Can't imagine making it any other way.
The only version I've ever tried are definitely not. With real lemons, grocery store deli, or some kinda take out. Ewe, now I know how easy it is ,I'll make it.
And I love eating the lemon rines. Same with when I do Greek lemon chicken or Greek women, potatoes and love of those roast lemon rinds
This deserves more views!
I appreciate your videos for being comprehensive, yet short and the casual back and forth with anyone in the vicinity of the shoot—all very encouraging to a learner and pleasurable to the food tourists among us. Thanks for sharing both your knowledge and your family.
Wow. Dish looks absolutely amazing and delicious ❤
This looks as if it would taste heavenly.
Thanks Bill….another great recipe from your family. Who by the way is the best. I love all your family''s recipes and plan on getting your book soon. Quick comment on the lemon wedges…..I use them exactly in the sliced chunk style in my lemon piccata recipe. And another quick thought was this recipe would probably work great with squid swapping out for the chicken. Thanks again guys.