Lemon Chicken

Ingredients

10 ml vegetable oil
3 gr cornstarch dissolved in
10 ml soy sauce
2 ml sherry
4 boned chicken breasts
1/2 vegetable oil
85 gr bean sprouts
130 gr snow peas thinly
180 ml water
120 ml water chestnuts
14 gr sugar
10 ml catsup
1 lemon
1 gr salt

Instructions

For marinade: Combine first 4 ingredients in small bowl. Rub over chicken, allowing excess to drain off. Coat lightly with cornstarch. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes. For lemon sauce: Combine first 6 ingredients in a small sauce pan and bring to boil over medium high heat, stirring occasionally. Add dissolved cornstarch and stir until slightly thickened. Keep warm. Heat half in of vegetable oil in large skillet over medium high heat. Fry chicken until golden brown on both sides. Drain, then cut into 2 cm wide strips. Set aside and keep warm. Wipe out skillet, add small amount of vegetable oil and heat over medium high heat. Add bean sprouts, snow peas, bamboo shoots and water chestnuts and stir fry until crisp-tender. transfer to heated platter. Top with chicken and spoon lemon sauce over. Garnish with tomato wedges, lemon slices, green onions and almonds.