Sticky Honey Lemon Chicken at home
- Yield 3
- Prep 20 minutes
- Cook 20 minutes
- Total 40 minutes
Sticky Honey Lemon Chicken at home is a chicken recipe on Avoteb. The yield on the card is 3. Plan on 40 minutes from start to plate. The amounts and the method are both on this page.
Ingredients
Yield: 3 servings
- 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs, cut into thin bite-sized pieces
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 tablespoon grated or minced fresh ginger
- 2 large garlic cloves, grated or minced
- garnishes: thinly-sliced scallions and toasted sesame seeds
- 1 large lemon, zested and juiced (1/4 cup juice)
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 ½ tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red chili flakes
Method
Stir the lemon sauce. Beat all of the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl until combined.
Coat the chicken. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the soy sauce and egg in a small bowl until smooth. Tip in the chicken and toss thoroughly until coated. Set the cornstarch in a bowl. Then dip the chicken pieces in the cornstarch, working a few pieces at a time and tossing until coated on all sides, until all of the chicken has been coated.
Sauté the chicken. Warm 2 tablespoons oil in a large nonstick sauté pan over medium-a hot burner. Tip in the chicken – cooking it in two batches if needed to avoid overcrowding the pan – and fry for 3 to 5 minutes until the edges turn golden and crispy on all sides and cooked through. Move the cooked chicken to a clean plate.
Leave the sauce. Tip in the remaining 1 tablespoon oil to the pan along with the garlic and ginger. Sauté for 30 to 60 seconds, stirring frequently, until the garlic is lightly golden. Then pour in the lemon sauce and add the chicken. Continue cooking, stirring frequently, until the sauce thickens and turns into a sticky coating for the chicken.
Plate Lift from heat and serve while it is hot, garnished with scallions and toasted sesame seeds.
