Lemon Chicken
Lemon Chicken is made with ground chicken and is covered in a lemon sauce. It is simple to make which makes this recipe great for busy weeknights.
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Ingredients Needed for Lemon Chicken:
Ground chicken
Butter
Chicken broth
Lemon zest
Lemon juice
Sugar
Vinegar
Corn starch
Water
Cooked rice
Green onions
Sesame seeds
Instructions for Lemon Chicken:
Prepare your rice. You can use Minute Rice, which is super quick. Or Oven Baked Rice is also easy and it can bake while you prepare the ground chicken and sauce.
Crumble cook ground chicken in a skillet or frying pan. Drain any fat or juices and set aside.
In a small to medium sized sauce pan, melt the two tablespoons of butter.
Add chicken broth, lemon zest-if using, lemon juice, sugar and vinegar and bring to a boil to dissolve the sugar-stirring often with a whisk.
Mix corn starch and cool water together until well combined and add to the lemon sauce slowly, to reach desired consistency. You may not need it all so, don’t dump it all in at once.
When lemon sauce is desired consistency, remove from heat.
Two options: you can combine the lemon sauce and the cooked ground chicken and serve over rice (we love Oven Baked Rice) and garnish with sliced green onions and sesame seeds, if desired. Or, serve separately. If you serve separately, Place rice on a plate, top with cooked ground chicken and drizzle the lemon sauce over the top. Then, top dish with sliced green onions and sesame seeds. I like to serve separately-some people will like more sauce than others.
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Lemon Chicken
An easy weeknight dinner recipe made with ground chicken and a lemon sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 2 tbsps butter
- 2/3 cup chicken broth
- 1 tsp lemon zest optional
- 1/2 cup ReaLemon Juice or freshly squeezed
- 2 tsp white vinegar
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp water cool
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- green onions to garnish
- sesame seeds to garnish
- cooked rice
Instructions
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Prepare rice-Minute Rice or Oven Baked Rice-link above in post.
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Crumble cook the ground chicken. Drain any fat or juices and set aside.
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Zest the lemon (if using zest) and then juice enough lemons to get 1/2 cup juice. Or use ReaLemon juice, which is faster.
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In a medium sauce pan, melt the butter. Then, add the chicken broth, lemon zest, lemon juice, sugar and vinegar. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently with a whisk to dissolve the sugar.
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Mix corn starch and cool water together and add to the lemon mixture, slowly to reach desired consistency. Stir with a whisk.
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Combine sauce and cooked ground chicken. Or serve separately.
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Serve over rice and garnish with green onions and sesame seeds.
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*Save time by getting the rice in the oven. Then, cooking sauce and ground chicken at the same time-in separate pans, of course. 😊 Just be careful not to burn either one.
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