Chicken nuggets
These homemade chicken nuggets are sure to be a crowd pleaser with the whole family
Crispy sesame lemon chicken
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 6
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- 600g chicken breast filletscut into 2cm pieces
- 2tbsp cornflour
- 5tbsp plain flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- large pinch of white pepper
- 1 eggbeaten
- 2tbsp sunflower or vegetable oilfor frying
- 2 spring onionsfinely sliced, to serve
- cooked noodles, to serve(optional)
For the sauce
- 2tsp cornflour
- 2 unwaxed lemonszested and juiced
- 2tbsp honey
- 2tbsp soy sauce
- 2tsp sesame seeds
- 2tsp sesame oil
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal280
- fat8g
- saturates1g
- carbs26g
- sugars7glow
- fibre1g
- protein26ghigh
- salt1.05g
Method
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.
