Restaurant Style Lemon Pepper Chicken

Ingredients

• ____________________For Marination_______________________
• Chicken small cut 1 kg
• Yogurt (dahi) 4 tablespoon
• Salt (namak) 1 tablespoon or as per taste
• Black pepper powder (pisi kali mirch) 1/2 teaspoon
• Ginger garlic paste (pisa adrak lehsan) 2 teaspoon heaped
• Lemon Juice (lemon ka ras) 3 tablespoon
• _______________For Frying Chicken_________________
• Cooking oil 1 cup
• Cinnamon stick(dar chini) 2-3 pieces/sticks
• Black pepper corns (sabut kali mirch) 1/2 teaspoon
• Cloves (laung) 4-5 pieces
• Cardamom (choti ilaichi) 3-4 pieces
• Green chilies (hari mirchain) 6-7 (put a slit)
• Black pepper powder (pisi kali mirch) 1/2 teaspoon
• Lemon 1 (cut into small pieces)
• Garam masala powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Chopped fresh coriander for garnishing
• Lemon slices for garnishing

Directions

1. 1

   In a bowl add chicken, yogurt, salt, black pepper powder, ginger garlic paste and lemon juice. Combine everything so that chicken could be well coated with this marination.

2. 2

   Cover and leave the chicken for 15 minutes for marination.

3. 3

   In a wok or wide pan add cooking oil and let it heat on medium flame.

4. 4

   When the oil is heated add cinnamon stick, black pepper corns, cloves, cardamom in it. Let the spices roast for a minute so that they could release their aroma.

5. 5

   Add the marinated chicken in oil and fry the chicken on medium flame till it changes its color and the water from yogurt and chicken dries up. After 8 minutes you will notice that chicken changes its color, water dries out and the oil starts to separate, turn the flame to low at this stage.

6. 6

   Now add slit (darmiyan say cut laga lin) green chilies, black pepper powder and salt in the chicken. Give a mix to everything.

7. 7

   Cover the pan and let the chicken cook on low flame for 8-10 minutes.

8. 8

   After 10 minutes the chicken is tender, uncover the pan. Turn the flame to high and dry the chicken again for 1 minute.

9. 9

   Then add the lemon pieces and sprinkle garam masala powder. Cook for 25-30 seconds more and turn off the flame.

10. 10

    Garnish with fresh coriander and lemon slices.

11. 11

    Easy, quick and Pakistani style lemon pepper chicken is ready to enjoy.