Honey Lemon Chicken
Ingredients:
- 1.5 lbs. boneless, skinless (raw) chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Honey Lemon Sauce (see below)
- optional toppings: toasted sesame seeds, thinly-sliced green onions, extra lemon zest, lemon slices
HONEY LEMON SAUCE INGREDIENTS: - 3/4 cup chicken stock
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons honey (or more/less to taste)
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- zest of 1 lemon
- pinch of ground ginger
- (optional: sriracha, for heat) *edited*
Preparation:
- Combine the chicken, soy sauce and rice wine vinegar to a large ziplock bag, and toss until the chicken is evenly coated.
- Refrigerate for at least 10 minutes, or up to 8 hours.
- When you are ready to cook the chicken, drain and transfer it to a separate plate.
- Season the chicken on both sides with a few generous pinches of salt and pepper.
- And in a separate bowl, whisk the honey lemon sauce ingredients together until combined.
- Heat oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat.
- Add the chicken and saute for 5-7 minutes or until it is cooked through and no longer pink inside, stirring and turning the chicken occasionally for even cooking.
- Transfer the chicken to a separate (clean) plate with a slotted spoon.
- Pour the (whisked) marinade into the empty saute pan.
- Cook over medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes, or until the sauce reaches a low boil and thickens.
- Add in some sriracha if you would like for extra heat, to taste. (Feel free to also season with extra salt and pepper, or extra honey or lemon.)
- Add the chicken back into the pan and toss until it is evenly coated with the sauce.
- Remove from heat and serve the chicken immediately, topped with optional toppings if desired.
Note:
- we had twice the amount of chicken, so I doubled the recipe... it ended producing way too much sauce for the amount of chicken. but the flavour was good, so I might make this again, but slightly modified.
Prepared: 2013-01-19
Categories: Chicken
Makes: 4 servings
Recipe Source: gimmesomeoven.com