{"id":371,"date":"2011-05-25T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/?p=371"},"modified":"2025-09-28T22:15:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T03:15:42","slug":"lemon-chilli-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/lemon-chilli-chicken","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Chilli Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lemon Chilli Chicken -  One of my all-time favourite recipes, super simple to make with a delicious citrusy spicy sauce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My <\/strong>go-to Quick and Easy Chicken Recipe<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you love curries you will love this Lemon Chilli Chicken. It is citrusy but has the lovely flavour of spices like you'd expect in a curry. Once you make this, it is a recipe you will go back to again and again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I needed to list my top 5 favourite chicken recipes, this would be on the list. If I have some chicken to use and need a meal on the table in less than 30 minutes, then this Lemon Chilli Chicken is a definite choice for any busy weekday meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cook the sides while this simmers away on the stove and you can really save even more time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the spices are store cupboard ingredients apart from of course the chicken and some fresh lemons, so no hard to buy ingredients either - bonus!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chicken Breast of Chicken Thighs - which is best?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

That's a great question. Any time I am cooking a recipe that requires the meat to cook in the sauce and take on lots of flavours. Chicken thighs are the top of my list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While chicken breast will work, they won't stay as tender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to chicken thighs, you can either use boneless skinless or go for bone-in skinless chicken thighs (my favourite in this recipe). Just because they tend to release more juices which in turn flavours the dish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to make Lemon Chilli Chicken?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rub the chicken with all the spices<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fry in a pan with the onion, ginger, garlic and some spray oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add in the stock and lemon zest and viola after simmering for a while it turns into a delicious coated lemon chilli chicken in a citrusy spicy sauce. THAT IS IT!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to serve Lemon Chilli Chicken<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Well, that is entirely up to you, as you can see I went for some simple steamed white rice, a little fresh cilantro and some batoned carrots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wondering how I cook the carrots? Once you have sliced into batons with a sharp knife (I love my Santoku knife), I place in a bowl, cover with some water, place a lid over the top and microwave for 1 min 30 seconds. Then drain, add to a pan with a little spray oil and season with salt and black pepper, fry for a minute or so and they are done. Nice and simple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trying to watch your portions? Why not try this over some Roasted Cauliflower Rice. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Need some more Chicken Thigh recipes?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

then why not check out some of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n