Restaurant Style Lemon Pepper Chicken

If you are looking for an easy and flavorful starter recipe for your next dawat or gathering then I am here with the answer to your search.
This classic lemon pepper chicken is the dish that is flavorful and easy to prepare. I know their are recipes on internet which involves only chicken breasts for this dish but I am sharing the recipe that we eat here in Pakistan whenever we go to restaurants in Pakistan. I have shared a step by step recipe of how to make restaurant style lemon pepper chicken at home with picture of every step.
Hope you enjoy this as much as i do.

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. 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. Cover and leave the chicken for 15 minutes for marination.
3. In a wok or wide pan add cooking oil and let it heat on medium flame.
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. 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. Now add slit (darmiyan say cut laga lin) green chilies, black pepper powder and salt in the chicken. Give a mix to everything.
7. Cover the pan and let the chicken cook on low flame for 8-10 minutes.
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. Then add the lemon pieces and sprinkle garam masala powder. Cook for 25-30 seconds more and turn off the flame.
10. Garnish with fresh coriander and lemon slices.
11. Easy, quick and Pakistani style lemon pepper chicken is ready to enjoy.

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