This Chinese-style lemon chicken is one of those recipes that we can prepare on an oriental themed night. Beyond the three delights rice or the bittersweet pork, there are these types of dishes loaded with flavor. Chicken is the low cost meat par excellence, the most consumed in the world, with a long list of beneficial properties. It has less fat and more protein so it will end up being a good choice for a light meat dish. With the lemon we will be able to give you the dose of vitamin C that a spectacular Chinese-style recipe needs.
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How to make Chinese-style lemon chicken
- We can prepare this recipe in the oven or in a pan , as we like it more, in essence it is a similar way of cooking that will result in a luxurious tender meat.
- The best thing about this chicken that will be covered in glory and flavor is that we can have it ready in a few minutes and it is the perfect recipe for a dinner or light meal.
- We get to work cleaning the chicken , it can be a whole chicken or just the parts that we like the most, such as the thighs or wings.
- We remove the skin and the fat that it may have , in this way we will have the base of a spectacular chicken that will be easy to prepare and eat with joy.
- We season the chicken to taste and spread it well with the butter. We can put a little olive oil on it, it is an equally healthy alternative.
- We continue squeezing the juice of the lemons , we put it in the blender glass or in a bowl. We will flavor this base with garlic cloves.
- We peel them and cut them very finely . If we want it not to be noticed, we crush them. We will also add olive oil.
- We will miss the oregano. We mix these flavors well and pour it over the chicken that we have in the oven dish.
- We can add a few pieces of lemon to give it more intensity, with everything ready we will only have to bake.
- At 180º it will take about 30 minutes , depending on how large the pieces of chicken are or the part of this animal that we have chosen, it may take longer.
- We serve this delicacy with a salad, some potatoes or white rice and we will enjoy a spectacular full plate.
