Lemon chicken is probably best known as a takeout staple in the West. Because of that, there's a chorus of people that insist that this dish is not 'authentic' Chinese food. While it's certainly not a common dish - especially nowadays - this is originally a Hong Kong dish, and can be found at chachaanteng in Guangdong.There's a couple ways to go about this - we opted for a deep fried chicken cutlet using an egg cornstarch batter... but you'll also see this made with whole deboned chicken, or perhaps fried in pieces, and sometimes with water/cornstarch batter. The important bit is that sauce, which has a clear lemon-y zing that's balanced with custard powder.A big thank you to the Youtuber “香港飯ほんこんめし” for the footage of Lemon Chicken in Hong Kong. The channel's in Japanese, but there's a lot of videos of food in Hong Kong. Check out the whole video here:https://youtu.be/41xJJl-5bUMFull, detailed recipe is over here on /r/cooking: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/as9g4u/recipe_lemon_chicken_the_original_cantonese_style/And check out our Patreon if you'd like to support the project!http://www.patreon.com/ChineseCookingDemystifiedOutro Music: "Add And" by Broke For Free https://soundcloud.com/broke-for-freeABOUT US-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Learn how to cook real deal, authentic Chinese food! We post recipes every Tuesday (unless we happen to be travelling) :)We're Steph and Chris - a food-obsessed couple that lives in Shenzhen, China. Steph is from Guangzhou and loves cooking food from throughout China - you'll usually be watching her behind the wok. Chris is a long-term expat from America that's been living in China and loving it for the last nine years - you'll be listening to his explanations and recipe details, and doing some cooking at times as well.This channel is all about learning how to cook the same taste that you'd get in China. Our goal for each video is to give you a recipe that would at least get you close to what's made by some of our favorite restaurants here. Because of that, our recipes are no-holds-barred Chinese when it comes to style and ingredients - but feel free to ask for tips about adaptations and sourcing too!
