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The universally loved crispy chicken — from Austrian schnitzel to Korean fried chicken to the westernized lemon chicken that you’d get at your local Chinese restaurants — is found in multiple corners of the world, and is therefore served on many tables That lemon chicken is the inspiration for this dish, where a sweet lemony sauce coats crispy fried chicken pieces This Middle Eastern version uses a cheater’s preserved lemon paste and plenty of fresh lemon to brighten it up