Zesty low fat speedy meal for the whole family. Serve with steamed rice to soak up the juices
4 chicken breasts
3 tbsp honey
1 tbsp sesame oil
Lemon sauce
2 tbsp lemon zest, cut into thin strips
2 tbsp ginger, finely chopped
200ml chicken stock
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp cornflour
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp lemon juice
Preheat the oven to 200C fan. Line a baking tray with foil.
Mix the honey and sesame oil together. Place chicken on the tray, coat well on both sides with the honey and sesame mixture and put in the oven for 20 minutes.
While the chicken is cooking, make the sauce. Put zest, ginger, stock, sugar and salt in a small pan and bring to the boil stirring occasionally. In a small bowl, add the cornflour, lemon juice and soy and stir until the cornflour is dissolved and add to the sauce on a low heat, stirring until it thickens.
When the chicken is cooked, slice thickly and pour the all the juices from the pan into sauce.
Serve with steamed rice and greens
Lemon and honey chicken
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 3 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
Lemon sauce
- 2 tbsp lemon zest cut into thin strips
- 2 tbsp ginger finely chopped
- 200 ml chicken stock
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cornflour
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C fan. Line a baking tray with foil.
- Mix the honey and sesame oil together. Place chicken on the tray, coat well on both sides with the honey and sesame mixture and put in the oven for 20 minutes.
- While the chicken is cooking, make the sauce. Put zest, ginger, stock, sugar and salt in a small pan and bring to the boil stirring occasionally. In a small bowl, add the cornflour, lemon juice and soy and stir until the cornflour is dissolved and add to the sauce on a low heat, stirring until it thickens.
- When the chicken is cooked, slice thickly and pour the all the juices from the pan into sauce.Serve with steamed rice and greens
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This was as quick and easy as posted. Not sure I got the lemon zest right but my partner and I enjoyed this meal all the same. In america we didn’t have the same greens available so I subbed broccoli in. Delicious! Thanks Julie!