Crispy sesame lemon chicken
By Hobbykoch ·
Make our crispy sesame lemon chicken for a quick, easy and flavour-packed family dinner. Scatter with spring onions and serve with your favourite sides.
- Servings
- 6
- Prep time
- 10 Min.
- Cook time
- 15 Min.
- Total time
- 25 Min.
Ingredients
- 600g chicken breast fillets cut into 2cm pieces
- 2tbsp cornflour
- 5tbsp plain flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- large pinch of white pepper
- 1 egg beaten
- 2tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil for frying
- 2 spring onions finely sliced, to serve
- cooked noodles, to serve (optional)
- 2tsp cornflour
- 2 unwaxed lemons zested and juiced
- 2tbsp honey
- 2tbsp soy sauce
- 2tsp sesame seeds
- 2tsp sesame oil
Instructions
Step 1: To make the sauce, tip the cornflour into a bowl and whisk in the lemon zest and juice until any lumps disappear. Add the honey, soy, sesame seeds and sesame oil and mix again. Set aside.
Step 2: Combine the cornflour, flour, baking powder, ¼ tsp salt, the pepper, beaten egg and 4 tbsp water in a large bowl. Tip in the chicken pieces, gently tossing to coat.
Step 3: Heat the vegetable oil over a high heat and fry the battered chicken pieces in batches for 6 mins per batch until golden and cooked through. Remove the cooked chicken and transfer to a plate or tray lined with kitchen paper.
Step 4: When all the chicken has been cooked, return all of it to the pan, still over a high heat, pour in the sauce and toss to coat – the sauce will thicken and cling to the chicken. Scatter with the spring onions and serve with noodles, if you like.
Nutrition facts
per serving
| Energy | 280 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 8 g |
| of which saturates | 1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 26 g |
| of which sugars | 7 g |
| Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 26 g |
| Salt | 1.1 g |
Provided by the author, partly estimated. Please check ingredients and allergens yourself.
Source: bbcgoodfood.com
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