LEMON CHICKEN
Best with chicken breasts but will work with any chicken.
Put butter in frying pan. Add chicken breasts and brown for five
minutes per side. After the breasts are brown, add 1/4 cup lemon juice
and 1/4 cup water.
Cooks covered for 20 minutes at medium heat - add extra lemon juice and
water if needed to keep from drying out.
SAUCE
Take one large can of crushed pineapple and one can of mandarin oranges.
Drain juice into large measuring cup and retain fruit till later
In the measuring cup:
Add enough orange juice to the canned fruit juices to equal three cups.
Add 1/4 cup lemon juice.
Add three heaping tablespoons of cornstarch
Add a pinch of salt
Add 1/4 cup vinegar (or to taste)
Add 1/3 cup brown sugar (or to taste)
Mix and bring to a boil till sauce thickens.Add crushed pineapple to
sauce, mix and pour over chicken in pan.
Let simmer for ten minutes or so.
JUST BEFORE SERVING, add the mandarin orange slices and fresh slices of
lemon.
Serve with rice.
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