![]() ![]() I usually serve Chinese steamed chicken with healthy sides like steamed rice and vegetables. It should take 15 minutes or so to cook.īefore serving, remove the lemon peels and garnish the lemon ginger chicken with chopped cilantro. ![]() Place the chicken pieces and lemon peels in a baking dish inside of the steamer basket. This can cause the Chinese steamed chicken to be mushy and overly chewy. Marinate the poultry for at least 20 minutes, but no longer than an hour.Īfter an hour or so, the proteins will begin to break down. To remove any white pith left on the lemon peel, use the blade of a small paring knife to gently scrape it off. Keep in mind that you want to remove JUST the yellow peel, leaving behind as much of the bitter white pith as possible. To ensure even cooking, keep them as similar in size as possible. This way, the steamer is available to use on the chicken when I’m ready for it.Ĭut the chicken into bite size pieces. While that’s cooking, I prep everything I need for the steamed chicken. Steaming rice only takes about 20 minutes, so I like to start that first. NOTE: I don’t have stackable steamer baskets, so these instructions are written for a single basket steamer. You can find wooden steamers at most Asian markets, or they’re available everywhere online, too. Steam the chicken in a lower basket and rice or other non-meat foods in the higher baskets. This means you can steam more than one food at a time. Not only is bamboo the perfect vessel for steaming, but the baskets are stackable. If you have a bamboo steamer basket, definitely use it. To watch us make steamed chicken from start to finish, check out the video located in the recipe card at the bottom of this post! Equipment for steaming chicken Video: Making Chinese Lemon Ginger Chicken
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