Chinese home cooking

Shredded Chicken with Lemon and Chile Dressing

Name: Shredded Chicken with Lemon and Chile Dressing
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: chicken legs; lemon slices; cilantro; ginger; scallions; minced garlic; bird's eye chiles; chili powder; sesame seeds; cooking oil; 1/2 spoonful salt; 1 spoonful chicken bouillon; 1 spoonful sugar; 2 spoonfuls light soy sauce; 1 spoonful oyster sauce

柠檬手撕鸡

Steamed chicken is shredded and tossed with lemon slices, cilantro and a hot-oil chile dressing.

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Published 2026-10-12

English adaptation and editing of authorized supplied recipes: Chinese Home Cooking.

Shredded chicken with lemon slices, cilantro and red chiles on a pale plate. — Shredded Chicken with Lemon and Chile Dressing

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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

chicken legs
lemon slices
cilantro
ginger
scallions
minced garlic
bird's eye chiles
chili powder
sesame seeds
cooking oil
1/2 spoonfulsalt
1 spoonfulchicken bouillon
1 spoonfulsugar
2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
1 spoonfuloyster sauce

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

01
Put garlic, chopped scallions, chiles, chili powder and sesame seeds in a bowl. Pour hot oil over them, then mix in salt, chicken bouillon, sugar, light soy sauce and oyster sauce.
02
Put ginger slices and scallion sections with the chicken legs and steam over boiling water for 30 minutes.
03
Let the chicken cool and tear it into strips. Add lemon slices and cilantro, pour over the dressing and toss well.

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Cooking Method

Steaming ↗Cold Tossing

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