Monday 30 April 2007

My favourite!


Lemon chicken is proabably my favourite chinese dish in the whole wide world.

There's a place called "singgah selalu" (i know... what a name!) back home where they have the best lemon chicken in Johor Bahru. my good friend yoyo and i'd definitely order it everytime we're there.

If not for us being here, and far from "singgah selalu", i'd never know how simple to make this dish.

My first attempt to it failed. it was very sour and bitter, i put way too much lemon in it. all it takes is just one whole lemon, and the trick to it is to add a little chicken stock.

Anyway, we had this couple of days back. no more ready made sauces! hoera!



LEMON CHICKEN SAUCE


INGREDIENTS:
2 tbs cooking oil
2 cloves garlic
1 whole lemon or 1 1/2 depending on the size
Water
1/2 Maggi chicken stock
3 tbs white sugar
1 1/2 tbs cornflour added with water
3-4 drops of sesame oil
a dash of salt (optional)
a dash of white pepper

METHOD:
1. Heat oil in pan
2. Fry garlic on medium heat (careful not to burn them)
3. Add lemon juice and water
4. Add chicken stock and stir well
5. Add sugar and a dash of white pepper/salt
6. Add sesame oil
7. Bring them to boil and later thicken the sauce with cornflour

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

best ek kat singgah selalu ?? lokasi di mane ? aku mcm penah makan kat situ.. tp ade org kate tempatnye kat lain plak.. so confuse...

senang nye nak buat... aku try makan lemon chicken ni.. believe it or not.. kat UK.. hehhe.. nanti nak try la,...

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ZazaHardy said...

yat, that singgah selalu is the only one place "to be seen at" in jb. duluuuu dia next to mpjb tennis court, then tukar tukar owner. now its next to istana bukit serene gate bawah mengadap laut tu. kau tau kornar dari tmn tasek nak ke lido. ha! kat situ la! they have quite a variety of food! best. aku rindu gi sana!

nanti ko try buat lemon chicken nanti bagitau aku eh the outcome.

xoxo

Anonymous said...

saya pun suka lemon chicken!! sedappppppppppp :)

ZazaHardy said...

irina: dah try yang kat singgah selalu? ada mana mana lagi yang sedap ke kat jb?