Crispy Chicken With Lemon Sauce

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Ingredients:

1 (3 1/2-lb) chicken
1 chicken stock or water
1 oil
3 lemons, juiced. reserving: squeez
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 lemon peel triangles (opt.)

Instructions:

Cook chicken in simmering chicken stock to almost cover until nearly
tender, about 20 minutes. Remove and suspend over bowl to dry at room
temperature at least 4 hours, or until chicken is thoroughly cooled.
Heat enough oil to 350F in wok to deep-fry whole chicken. Add chicken
and fry 20 minutes, turning until golden on all sides. Meanwhile,
combine lemon juice with squeezed lemon half, sugar and water in
saucepan. Bring to boil and simmer 2 to 3 minutes until sugar is
dissolved. Add 2 teaspoons oil and soy sauce. Remove from heat and
set aside. Split chicken in halves down back and cut into serving
pieces. Reassemble on serving platter and garnish with triangles of
lemon peel which have been cut with serrated knife, if desired. Bring
reserved lemon sauce to boil again. Mix cornstarch with small amount
of cold water to make paste and stir into lemon sauce. Cook,
stirring, until thickened slightly. Spoon over chicken pieces.

Created by: The Mandarin, Beverly Hills

(C) 1992 The Los Angeles Times

Servings: 4

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Chicken is ideal
for weight loss
and dieting

Healthy eating is far better than strict dieting, and weight loss achieved by a change of lifestyle lasts far longer than 'faddy' diets that are difficult to adopt for long periods.

Cooking more low fat chicken can enable you to lose weight gradually as part of a a controlled and healthy diet.

"It's true that I did get the girl, but then my grandfather always said, Even a blind chicken finds a few grains of corn now and then." - Lyle Lovett