Lemon Pepper Chicken

Chicken Dishes
|August 3, 2023

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Lemon pepper chicken is a juicy chicken recipe, where the juice has a bit sour taste because of the presence of lemon. If you have lemon and chicken at your home, go for this recipe tonight, as it is a quick and simple recipe. The time consuming part is only in marination. The longer you keep the chicken pieces for marination, the greater will be the taste.

This nice and juicy chicken should be made with fresh lemon. Along with lemon juice, the addition of pepper, garlic and herb seasoning provides a wonderful flavor to our curry. Lemon is a versatile fruit which can be seen commonly in the vegetable gardens of houses. This tangy chicken is one of the best side dish for pastas.

In this recipe, chicken pieces are washed and cleaned properly. A marinade is then prepared, where the chicken pieces gets completely coated with it. They should be kept for marination for about 1 to 2 hours. The marinated chicken pieces are later fried in hot oil along with whole spices.

After chicken pieces are fried, we prepare a sauce in which the chicken pieces are allowed to boil in medium flame. There are many versions of lemon chicken, where the chicken will either be dry or saucy. The addition of curd softens the chicken.

We are not using too much of masala powders here. Only garam masala is used where we add it to the chicken gravy. So, if you need a tangy chicken recipe, you can just scroll down and find the perfect homemade recipe of lemon pepper chicken.

Ingredients

1. For Marinating :

Chicken, cut into pieces – 1 kg
Crushed pepper – 1 teaspoon
Ginger garlic paste – 2 tablespoon
Lemon juice – 1 tablespoon
Curd – 1/2 cup

2. For preparing Chicken :

Oil – 2 tablespoon
Butter – 1 tablespoon
Black pepper – 1 teaspoon
Bay leaf or all spices leaf – 2
Cinnamon sticks – 2
Cardamom – 2
Cloves – 3
Finely chopped garlic – 1 tablespoon
Crushed pepper – 1 teaspoon
Garam masala powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Corn flour – 1 tablespoon mixed in 1/3 cup of water
Green chilli – 1

3. For Garnishing :

Lemon Wedges – 4
Coriander leaves – 2tablespoon

Method of preparation

Wash and clean the chicken pieces
Marinate the chicken pieces with the items mentioned under (1.)
Mix well and keep it aside to rest for 1 hour
Heat oil and butter in a pan and add bay leaves, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and pepper one by one
Once the whole spices splutters, add finely chopped garlic to it
Saute till the garlic turns light golden in color
Now add the marinated chicken pieces to the pan and fry the chicken on high flame for 2 to 3 minutes by flipping the chicken pieces
Once the chicken is fried, add the remaining marinade and cook on low flame for 15 minutes
Then add corn flour, mixed in water to the pan
Mix well with the chicken and allow the curry to boil
Add garam marsala, green chilli and crushed pepper to the boiling curry
Garnish the curry with coriander leaves and lemon wedges
Do not boil the curry with the lemon wedges, as the curry will become bitter in taste
Serve this delicious lemon pepper chicken with pastas.