Colm O'Gorman celebrates Chinese New Year with a delicious lemon chicken recipe 

You can't beat crispy pieces of tender fried chicken drizzled in a zesty, sweet lemon sauce

'The sauce that I developed for this recipe is nicely balanced and not overly sweet.'

It is Chinese New Year this Saturday, the start of the Year of the Rabbit. If you live in a larger town or city, you will likely be able to attend some organised festivities to mark the occasion, including no doubt some fabulous Chinese food. If you cannot attend those festivities, you could always cook some lovely Chinese food at home. We will be having friends over for a bit of a feast on Saturday night, and this Lemon Chicken dish will definitely be on the menu.

Chinese food was one of the first world cuisines I ever tasted. I can still remember the first time my Dad brought home a takeaway from the newly opened Chinese restaurant in Wexford where we lived. It was the very late 1970s and this was exotic fare at the time. We had Sweet and Sour Chicken and noodles, and Lemon Chicken with rice. I loved it.