Zesty Lemon Chicken
This refreshing chicken recipe is a great dinner for the whole family. Cut up the leftovers and serve the next day on top of a salad or in a pita with veggies.
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 2 large onions
- 3-5 cloves of garlic
- 2 lemons
- 3 egg yolks
- Pasta or rice for 3-4 people
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander or 10 leaves fresh
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Put pasta or rice on to boil.
- Finely chop onions and crush garlic then fry until soft in olive oil. Add chopped chicken, coriander, pepper, ginger, zest of both lemons. Dissolve stock cube in 1/3 pint of hot water.
- When chicken is thoroughly cooked, add stock. Squeeze juice of both lemons into a small bowl. Add remaining lemon flesh to chicken. Add 3 egg yolks to lemon juice and whisk with fork.
- Just prior to pasta being cooked add egg yolk & juice to chicken. The mixture will now thicken after 2 minutes or so. Serve pasta or rice on plate then cover with zesty lemon chicken.