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Quick orange and lemon chicken
Photo: Lily Banse

Quick orange and lemon chicken

16 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Orange and lemon zest give a zingy flavour to this chicken stir fry, served with garlicky Chinese greens and rice.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

728
Calories
38g
Protein
32g
Fat
68g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Sesame 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Peanut Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
White Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 450g/1lb boneless chicken breasts
  • 2 tsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tsp Shaoxing rice wine (or dry sherry
  • 1 tsp cornflour
  • 1 tbsp ground nutnut
  • 1 tsp salt
  • freshly ground white pepper
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped orange
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped lemon
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 3 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander
  • enough long-grain rice
  • 1 tbsp groundnut or peanut oil
  • 3 garlic
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 750g/1½lb Chinese greens, such as choi sum or bok choi

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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