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Lemon chicken

Try this fresh and tangy lemon chicken stir-fry recipe for lunch or dinner. Dairy free and easily adaptable to be made gluten free, it’s a great healthy meal for when you are in a hurry to feed the family.

  • Time to make: 20 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.7
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons cornflour plus 1 teaspoon extra, for sauce (see tips)
  • black pepper
  • 600g skinless chicken breast fillets, thinly sliced
  • Sauce
  • 1 lemon, ¼ cup juice
  • ⅓ cup liquid no-added-salt chicken stock (see tips)
  • 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons liquid honey
  • spray oil
  • 1 large onion, sliced
  • 3cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, cut in matchsticks
  • 1 bunch choy sum, steamed
  • 4 cups cooked rice
  • 2 spring onions, sliced
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Season cornflour with pepper and spread on a plate. Lightly coat chicken in cornflour.

    2 To make sauce, place sauce ingredients and the extra cornflour in a jug. Stir until well combined and smooth. Set aside.

    3 Heat a wok over a high heat and spray with oil. Stir-fry chicken in batches for 2-3 minutes or until golden. Remove from wok. Set aside.

    4 Return wok to a high heat. Spray with a little more oil. Add onion and ginger. Stir-fry for 2 minutes or until golden. Add sauce and simmer for 2-3 minutes or until slightly thickened. Return chicken to wok. Simmer for 1-2 minutes or until chicken is heated through.

    5 Serve with choy sum and rice on the side. Garnish with spring onions.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free Check cornflour and stock are gluten free

    • Instead of choy sum, serve with spinach.
    • Boost the veges: Serve with a side of stir-fried mixed broccoli (1 1/2 cups) and edamame beans (1/2 cup), to add another serve of vegetables per person and 3g fibre.

    One comment on Lemon chicken

    1. Cleone Blomfield September 25, 2021 at 2:18 pm #

      I just loved this simple easy to make recipe. I sliced semifrozen chicken breast into long thin slices then thawed them and that went a long way.

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