Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, lemon orange fried chicken. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Lemon Orange Fried Chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Lemon Orange Fried Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
Chinese Orange Chicken made with crispy fried chicken covered in an authentic orange sauce. This is the perfect time of year to whip up orange and lemon dishes especially this Chinese Orange Chicken. This is a light version of the battered and fried "lemon chicken" found on many Chinese take-out menus.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon orange fried chicken using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon Orange Fried Chicken:
- Prepare 2 Lemons
- Make ready 1 Orange
- Prepare 1/4 Cup Sugar
- Prepare 2 Pounds chicken skinless boneless thighs
- Make ready 3/4 Cup Flour
- Prepare 2 Eggs
- Make ready 1/4 Cup green onion minced
- Make ready 1/4 Cup canola oil
- Prepare 1/4 Teaspoon salt
- Take 1/4 Tablespoon black pepper
Orange and lemon zest give a zingy flavour to this chicken stir fry, served with garlicky Chinese greens and rice. Stir-fry the mixture for four minutes, or until the chicken is cooked. Stir in the sesame oil and give the mixture two turns and cook for another three minutes. Enjoy delicious citrus chicken marinated in lemon and orange juice with brown sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger.
Steps to make Lemon Orange Fried Chicken:
- Squeeze juice from lemons and oranges into a small pot and remove seeds and pulp. Add sugar and simmer over low heat until mixture thickens.
- Dice chicken into small pieces (2 inches long at most).
- Sprinkle salt and pepper into the flour and mix. Crack eggs into a bowl and beat.
- Dip each piece of chicken in egg and then into flour until it is coated in flour. Then roll lightly in green onions.
- Coat frying pan in canola oil and turn on heat to medium. Add chicken when oil is hot enough that it sizzles when chicken is added.
- Flip chicken pieces when they are crispy and slightly browned (about 5 minutes). Remove chicken when both sides are slightly browned and chicken is cooked all the way through (about 5 minutes per side).
- Once the chicken is done, turn off heat, pour the citrus sauce onto the chicken, and mix until the chicken is evenly coated.
- Serve on white rice or similar cooked grain.
After frying chicken keep warm on baking sheet in oven. Then I usually make this pan fried chicken breast. A little garlic, shallots, lemonjuice and parsley, and dinner is ready! Add the chicken fillets to the pan and fry them in remaining olive oil on high heat until cooked through. Add the fried onion,crushed garlic and sprinkle over some seasalt.
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