Crispy Honey Lemon Chicken
Crispy Honey Lemon Chicken with lightly coated chicken tossed in classic lemon sauce. This easy recipe can be made in less than 30mins and made with simple ingredients.
Servings: 2
Calories: 543kcal
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 250 g Chicken breast or thigh, cut small cubes
- 1 Egg
- 1 cup Potato / Corn starch
- Cornstarch slurry Corn flour½ tsp + 1 tbsp water
- Toasted sesame seeds
- Oil for frying vegetable or neutral flavour oil, canola, sunflower, etc
Marinate for Chicken
- ¼ tsp Baking soda
- 1 tsp Sesame Oil
- 1 tsp Light Soy Sauce or all-purpose soy sauce
- 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste ( grated ginger and garlic )
Sauce mix
- ½ cup Chicken Stock Or water
- ½ tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Honey or sugar
- 1 tsp Lemon zest
- 1 Lemon about 3 tbsp of lemon juice
- 3-4 slices Ginger cut thin strips
Instructions
- Cut chicken into small bite size pieces. Add baking soda, sesame oil, ginger garlic paste and light soy sauce mix well and marinate for 15 minutes.
- Cut ginger into thin slices. Squeeze lemon juice out from one lemon and set aside.
- Break one egg into the marinated chicken pieces and mix it well. Then add the potato/corn starch and coat the chicken pieces toss the excess flour out before frying.
- Heat the oil into high heat about 350° F. You can test oil temperature with wooden chopstick, its ready to fry when the bubbles start to fizz steadily. Add the coated chicken pieces and deep fry for 2-3 mins until the chicken turn into crispy golden brown. Remove from oil and set aside.
- Heat the wok, add all ingredients from the sauce mixture and bring it to boil with medium high heat.
- Add the fried chicken pieces. Stir well with medium high heat to few seconds.
- Add corn starch and water mixture in the sauce and stir well until the chicken pieces are glossy and coated well with the sauce.
- Serve immediately with a bowl of steamed rice or a stir-fry noodle. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds and lemon slices. Crispy Honey Lemon Chicken is ready! Enjoy!
Notes
- Chicken stock/broth - instead of chicken stock/broth you can add water or vegetable stock. If you are adding water you can add 1 tsp of chicken bouillon powder/cube for extra umami flavour.
- Honey - Instead of honey, you can use brown sugar or regular white sugar as a substitute.
- Customize the sauce - If you prefer the sauce sweeter, you can add more honey, or if you like it tangier, you can add more lemon juice.
Nutrition
Calories: 543kcal | Carbohydrates: 84g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 164mg | Sodium: 1157mg | Potassium: 664mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 170IU | Vitamin C: 32mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 2mg
