Chicken with Lemon Caper Sauce

Chicken with Lemon Caper Sauce

Ingredients:

  • For chicken

  • 2 chicken legs, about 1 1/2 lb (0.75 kg), can be substitute with white meat;
  • 1/2 tablespoon ginger juice, (1 medium piece of ginger, about 3-4 oz, (0.2-0.25 kg), peeled, grated and squeezed for juice);
  • 1 teaspoon safflower oil;
  • Sea salt.

For lemon caper sauce

  • 1 1/4 tablespoons capers;
  • 1/2 cup (120 ml) lemon juice;
  • 1/2 cup (120 ml) white wine.

Thickening sauce

  • 1 teaspoon corn starch;
  • 2 teaspoons cane sugar, adjust for taste;
  • 1/4 cup (60 ml) water.

Recipe:

Serving for 2

For chicken

  1. Bone and clean the chicken, pad dry;
  2. Pound chicken between 2 pieces of plastic food wrap;
  3. Add sea salt and ginger juice to marinate, at least 1 hour before cooking, better overnight;
  4. Preheat the oven to 350˚F (175˚C);
  5. Add safflower oil in a sauté pan;
  6. Sear the chicken for 3 minutes on each side;
  7. Pull the pan away from the flame when add white wine;
  8. Place the whole pan in the oven for 15 minutes when the wine comes to a boil;
  9. Plate the chicken with vegetable of your choice;
  10. Pour lemon caper sauce on chicken;
  11. Serve warm.

For lemon caper sauce

  1. Use the same sauté pan, add chopped capers;
  2. Then lemon juice;
  3. Stir in thickening sauce when the lemon juice comes to a boil;
  4. It is done when it comes back to a boil and thickens.

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