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{{Short description|Name of several dishes featuring chicken and lemon}}
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{{Infobox prepared food
| name             = Lemon chicken
| image            = [[Image:Lemonchicken.jpg|250px|Lemon chicken]]
| caption          = A plate of Chinese-style lemon chicken
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| course           = Main
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| main_ingredient  = [[Chicken as food|Chicken]]<br/>Lemon sauce
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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
| bpmf              = ㄋㄧㄥ´ ㄇㄥ´ ㄐㄧ 
| j                 = ning4 mung1 gai1
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'''Lemon chicken''' is the name of several dishes found in cuisines around the world which include [[Chicken as food|chicken]] and [[lemon]].<ref name="etnet">
{{cite web
|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
}}</ref>

In [[American Chinese cuisine|American-]], [[Canadian Chinese cuisine|Canadian-]], Australasian-, and [[British Chinese cuisine|British-]]Chinese cuisine, it usually consists of pieces of chicken meat that are [[sautéeing|sautéed]] or battered and [[deep-frying|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>

== Similarly named dishes ==
Lemon chicken in [[Italian cuisine|Italy]] (''{{lang|it|pollo al limone}}'') and [[Greek cuisine|Greece]] ({{lang|el|κοτόπουλο λεμονάτο}}) consists of a whole chicken pan-roasted with white wine, lemon juice, fresh [[thyme]] and [[Mirepoix (cuisine)|mirepoix]].

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

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

==See also==
* [[Orange chicken]]
* [[Pineapple chicken]]
* [[List of chicken dishes]]
* [[List of lemon dishes and beverages]]
* {{portal-inline|Food}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/lemon_chicken/ Newspaper articles about lemon chicken from New York City], 1969-1995
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[[Category:American Chinese chicken dishes]]
[[Category:Canadian Chinese chicken dishes]]
[[Category:Italian cuisine]]
[[Category:Australian Chinese cuisine]]
[[Category:New Zealand Chinese cuisine]]
[[Category:Chinese chicken dishes]]
[[Category:Cantonese cuisine]]
[[Category:Hong Kong cuisine]]
[[Category:Spanish cuisine]]
[[Category:Lemon dishes]]


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