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Easy Lemon chicken

Easy Lemon Chicken with Egg Fried Rice

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 4
Calories: 485kcal
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Delicious & easy Lemon Chicken with Egg Fried Rice, the perfect family supper

Ingredients

  • Lemon Sauce
  • 300 ml Water
  • Chicken Stock cube
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Caster sugar
  • 3 Lemons - zest and juiced 3 for very lemony
  • Salt & Black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon Cornflour
  • 2 tablespoons cold Water
  • Chicken
  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 2 Cloves Garlic - crushed or squirt of chilled Garlic
  • 1 teaspoon grated Ginger or squirt chilled Ginger
  • 4 Chicken Breasts sliced into long strips
  • Egg Fried Rice
  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • Squirt chilled Ginger
  • Squirt of chilled Garlic or 1 Clove, peeled & minced
  • Bunch Spring Onions chopped reserve tops for garnish
  • 1/2 Red Pepper deseeded & chopped
  • 1/2 Yellow Pepper deseeded & chopped
  • 6 Mushrooms - chopped
  • 50 g frozen Peas
  • 200 gram Rice - boiled I use Basmati
  • 1 Egg

Instructions

  • Preheat oven 220C/430F/Gas 7
  • Make Sauce
  • In a small pan heat the water, stock cube, sugar, Lemon juice & zest , salt & pepper and bring to the boil.
  • Simmer for approx. 5 minutes
  • In a small bowl mix cornflour with water , tip into the sauce and stir until thickened - remove from the heat, pour into a medium ovenproof dish
  • Chicken
  • In a large frying pan add the olive oil, garlic & ginger, then fry chicken strips over a high heat for approx. 7 minutes - just on one side to get a good golden colour,  place brown side up in the sauce.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
  • Rice
  • In the same frying pan add a little more oil, ginger and garlic and fry the spring onions, diced peppers, chopped mushrooms for 5 minutes, then add the garden peas and fry for further 2 minutes .
  • Add the cooked rice, stir and heat until sizzling, season.
  • Add egg and stir throughout the rice until cooked.
  • Remove the chicken from oven and garnish with the reserved spring onion tops
  • Serve with the egg fried rice

Notes

*** All nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide 

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Easy Lemon Chicken with Egg Fried Rice
Amount per Serving
Calories
485
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
15
g
23
%
Saturated Fat
 
3
g
19
%
Trans Fat
 
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
7
g
Cholesterol
 
186
mg
62
%
Sodium
 
292
mg
13
%
Potassium
 
1215
mg
35
%
Carbohydrates
 
36
g
12
%
Fiber
 
5
g
21
%
Sugar
 
9
g
10
%
Protein
 
54
g
108
%
Vitamin A
 
986
IU
20
%
Vitamin C
 
102
mg
124
%
Calcium
 
73
mg
7
%
Iron
 
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.