Lemon chicken

{{Short description|Name of several dishes featuring chicken and lemon}}

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| caption = A plate of Chinese-style lemon chicken

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| main_ingredient = Chicken
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{{Infobox Chinese

| title = Lemon chicken

| pic = File:Lemon & Garlic Roasted Chicken (8733072162).jpg

| piccap = Lemon and garlic roasted chicken

| t = {{linktext|檸檬雞}}

| s = {{linktext|柠檬鸡}}

| p = níng méng jī

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Lemon chicken is the name of several dishes found in cuisines around the world which include chicken and lemon.

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|url=http://lifestyle.etnet.com.hk/column/index.php/life/homecooking/5344

|title=西檸煎軟雞; 西柠煎软鸡, Xī níng jiān ruǎn jī(Chinese)

|work=lifestyle.etnet.com.hk

|access-date=6 November 2012

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In American-, Canadian-, Australasian-, and British-Chinese cuisine, it usually consists of pieces of chicken meat that are sautéed or battered and deep-fried and coated with a thick, sweet lemon-flavored sauce. The Chinese restaurant of the Panda Hotel in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong used to serve its version of lemon chicken with the chicken pieces coated in batter, then rolled in almond slivers and deep-fried and served with the lemon-glaze sauce.{{Cite web |title=Chinese lemon chicken recipe |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/lemonchicken_11654 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=BBC Food |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Dine |first=Chef |title=Baked Lemon Chicken With Chinese Lemon Sauce Recipe - Food.com |url=https://www.food.com/recipe/baked-lemon-chicken-with-chinese-lemon-sauce-194890,%20https://www.food.com/recipe/baked-lemon-chicken-with-chinese-lemon-sauce-194890 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.food.com |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Similarly named dishes

Lemon chicken in Italy ({{lang|it|pollo al limone}}) and Greece ({{lang|el|κοτόπουλο λεμονάτο}}) consists of a whole chicken pan-roasted with white wine, lemon juice, fresh thyme and mirepoix.

In Spain, a similar dish, {{lang|es|pollo al romero con limón y piñones}} also includes pine nuts, rosemary and ham.

French {{lang|fr|poulet au citron}} includes Dijon mustard in the sauce, and is accompanied by roasted potatoes.