Lemon Chicken

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Total Time:
25 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
15 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 pounds chicken breast or chicken tenders, cut into chunks
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose unbleached flour
  • Coarse salt
  • 2 tablespoons wok or vegetable oil, 2 turns of the pan (preferred brand: House of Tsang)
  • 1 tablespoon (a splash) white or rice wine vinegar
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth or stock
  • 8 ounces (1 cup) prepared lemon curd
  • 1/4 cup hot water
  • 1 lemon, zested
  • 2 scallions, thinly sliced or 20 blades fresh chives, finely chopped

Directions

Coat the chunked chicken lightly in flour, seasoned with a little salt. Heat a large skillet or a wok-shaped nonstick pan over high heat. Stir fry chicken until golden, 3 or 4 minutes. Remove chicken from the pan and return pan to heat. Reduce heat to medium.

Add a splash of vinegar to the pan and let it evaporate. Add stock or broth to the pan and scrape up any drippings with a whisk. Thin curd by stirring in a little hot water. Add curd to broth and whisk to combine. Add chicken back to the pan and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes to thicken sauce and finish cooking chicken pieces through. Remove the pan from heat, add the scallions or chives and zest, and toss chicken pieces well to combine zest and scallions or chives evenly throughout the sauce. Serve with Special Rice, recipe follows.

Cook's Notes: Wok oil infused with ginger and garlic is usually available on the International Foods aisle in many markets.

Chicken broths and stocks are available in resealable paper containers, making storage of remaining product easy and on hand in the refrigerator; they are found in the soup aisle.

Lemon curd is a sweet lemon spread available in most markets. It is on the jam/jelly aisle.

SERVES 4

Calories: 400

Total Fat: 9 grams

Saturated Fat: 1 gram

Protein: 40 grams

Total carbohydrates: 35 grams

Sugar: 16 grams

Fiber 0.5 grams

Cholesterol: 99 milligrams

Sodium: 349 milligrams

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Peachy, honeyed white wine

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  • on May 13, 2013

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    made this chicken for my family today and i must say it was so good,my three old, my husband and myself loved it, it was so good i'm going to make it apart of my family dinner has from now on

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  • on May 07, 2013

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    Loved this! Used skinless boneless chicken thighs, followed recipe precisely. (Always do the first time. My local store didn't have lemon curd so I made it from scratch (Ina Garten's recipe, and I bet that had something to do with the delightful flavor of this dish. I like sweet/sour and this dish satisfied!

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  • on January 20, 2013

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    delicious!

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