Lemon chicken fry is my most awaited to try recipe, ever since I had Lemon chicken from the Hotel – The Plantain Leaf. The whole family likes this chicken, which is mildy spiced, juicy and tender.
Lemon Chicken Fry Recipe / Lemon Chicken recipe / Easy chicken recipes
Lemon chicken is prepared by cooking the chicken with spices and lemon juice. Also this consumes very little time to get cooked. I would say it’s one of the finger-licking dish among all of my chicken recipes. Goes out well with any Indian flat bread, as a side dish for briyani or fried rice and also good when paired with steamed rice and sambar. Let me share the recipe…
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Lemon Chicken Fry Recipe / Lemon Chicken recipe / Easy chicken recipes
Ingredients:
- Chicken – ½ kg
- Lemon – 3 nos (medium sized)
- Onions – 3 nos
- Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
- Capsicum – 2 no (medium sized)
- Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tbsp
- Green chillies – 2 nos
- Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
- Pepper powder – ½ tsp
- Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
- Coconut oil or any cooking oil – 1 ½ tbsp
- Salt – 1 tsp (to taste)
Preparation:
- Clean and roughly chop the chicken into medium pieces.
- Peel and roughly chop the onions to medium cubes, slit green chillies to equal halves.
- Deseed and chop the capsicum to medium pieces.
- Cut and squeeze the juice from lemon, remove the seeds and keep it aside.
- Take chicken, turmeric powder, salt and lemon juice all together in a bowl, mix it well and let it rest for 15 mins.
- Heat oil in heavy bottomed vessel or kadai, add the cumin seeds and curry leaves, wait until they crackle.
- Add the onions, ginger-garlic paste and cook until the onion turns golden brown in color.
- Add the capsicum and cook for few mins or until the capsicum turns light green in color.
- Add the chicken along with the marinate, cook for 2 mins.
- Sprinkle little water, stir well, cover and cook for few mins or until the chicken is tender and juicy.
- Sprinkle the pepper powder, remove the lid and cook for 2 mins or until the chicken becomes dry and the oil separates.
- Remove from fire and transfer it to a bowl.
Serve hot. Lemon chicken fry can be served as a side dish for briyani, fried rice or steamed rice and sambar. Lemon Chicken is and perfect side dish for lunch or dinner.
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