baked lemon chicken

How To Make baked lemon chicken

• 1

  Cut each chicken breast in half crosswise.
• 2

  Mix eggwhite and water in a medium bowl. Add chicken , turn to coat both sides.Let stand 10 minutes.
• 3

  Heat oven to 450 degrees. Spray nonstick cookie sheet with cooking spray. Remove chicken from egg white mixture; discard egg mixture.
• 4

  Mix flour, baking soda and red pepper in a resealable bag. Add one piece of chicken at as time. Seal bag, shake to coat chicken. Place chicken on sprayed cookie sheet; spray with spray about 5 seonds or until surface of the chicken appears moist.
• 5

  Bake uncovered 20 to 25 minutes, or until juice of chicken is no longer pink. While chicken is baking, prepare Chinese Lemon Sauce. Let chicken stand 5 minutes, cut each piece crosswise into about 5 slices. Pour sauce over chicken. Garnish with sliced green onions.
• 6

  CHINESE LEMON SAUCE 1/4 cup sugar, 1/3 cup chicken broth, 1 tsp grated lemon peel 3 Tabs lemon juice, 2 Tabs light corn syrup, 2 Tabs Rice Vinegar, 1/4 tsp salt,1 clove garlic finely chopped, 2 tsp cornstarch, 2 tsp cold water
• 7

  Directions: Put all ingredients, except cornstarch and cold water, to boiling in a 1 quart saucepan, stiring occasionally. Mix cornstarch and cold water; stir unto sauce. Cook and stir about 30 seconds or unjtil thickened. Serve warm, or cover and refrigerate up to 2 weeks.
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