Chicken Steamed With Fresh Lemons Sai Ling Mung Ching Gai Recipes

This recipe is from Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's "Chinese Chicken Cookbook". There are quite a few chicken plus lemon dishes already on Recipezaar, including Italian (chicken piccata), Indian and Thai. This recipe is quite different, since it is steamed (actually, double steamed, which makes for a very intense, clear broth) ... the ingredient list is imposing, but the process is really easy ... and the flavor is fabulous -- very different from the usual, thickly coated restaurant dish. As Eileen says in her introduction, the translation of the sai ling mung refers to "foreign lemons" because this is designed to use western-style lemons. Added comment (Oct 2008): Thanks to all the reviewers for their comments and photos. First, many of the recipes from Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's book are her remembrances of her family's (especially her aunt's) home cooking in rural China, very traditional ... so modern taste would definitely think about adding to the spectrum of spices used in this recipe. I think she would approve of changes to reflect individual palates. Second, looking at the sodium content of the analysis, I agree that getting 32% of your RDA in one dish is a bit much ... you could reduce the amount of soy sauce, but if you do, you might want to increase either the wine or oyster sauce (or just add water) to maintain the liquid volume ... I'd think first of reducing the 1/2 tsp salt directly and then reducing the soy if I needed more salt removed ....

Provided by Gandalf The White

Categories     Chicken Breast

Time 1h5m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

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This steamed chicken is very delicious, and is popular in Southeast Asian countries... normally served with chicken rice. We love it so much. It is very easy to make.

Provided by HANNAKRISTINA

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     Asian

Time 1h15m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 8

Nutrition Facts : Calories 408.1 calories, Carbohydrate 9.6 g, Cholesterol 60.8 mg, Fat 29.7 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 25.8 g, SaturatedFat 4.8 g, Sodium 1381.6 mg, Sugar 3.1 g

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This particular ping gai (Laotian for 'grilled chicken') recipe seems to have originated from the Queen Mother Cafe in Toronto, so some North-Americanization may have occurred. But rest assured, this is at least twice as good as your average grilled chicken, North American or otherwise. Generous amounts of freshly ground pepper and chopped cilantro are the main players in the marinade, while a sweet, garlicky dipping sauce is the perfect accompaniment.

Provided by Chef John

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     Asian

Time 4h30m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 15

Nutrition Facts : Calories 221 calories, Carbohydrate 10 g, Cholesterol 71 mg, Fat 11.1 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 20.2 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 961.3 mg, Sugar 7.6 g

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