Air Fryer Chinese Style Lemon Chicken

    30m prep time
    55m total time
    Medium level
    12 ingredients

Recreate a classic British Chinese takeaway dish for the home kitchen, with crispy fried chicken breast served with a fresh, tangy and moreish lemon sauce. Serve with fried rice to create the perfect fakeaway.

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Slice the chicken breasts horizontally into two thin halves. Place them into a bowl before pouring over the soy sauce, sesame seed oil and garlic powder. Leave to marinade for 20 mins if you can.

Step 2

Sprinkle the flour onto a plate. Beat the eggs in a shallow bowl. Lay the marinated chicken into the flour, then into the egg, then back into the flour so you have a light coating on the chicken.

Step 3

Spray the air fryer basket with oil spray and place your coated chicken in it. Spray the chicken with a little more oil and cook for 18-20 minutes at 180°C, turning the chicken halfway through. You may need to do this in 2 baskets or in batches depending in the size of your air fryer.

Step 4

Let the chicken rest for 5 mins before cutting into even slices.

Step 5

Meanwhile, make the sauce by combining the lemon juice, sugar and honey in a bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the cornflour with 2 tbsp water (if cooking for 4). Put a pan on a medium heat, tip in the lemon mixture and, once it starts to bubble, slowly add the cornflour mixture until it reaches your desired sauce consistency. Remove from the heat and serve drizzled over the chicken, or as a dipping sauce.

Step 6

Serve the chicken with some special fried rice or any side of your choosing
  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 1 tbsp Cornflour 1 x Sainsbury's Cornflour 500g
  • 2 tbsp Soy Sauce 1 x Lee Kum Kee Premium Light Soy Sauce 500ml
  • 2.5 tbsp Sugar 1 x Sainsbury's White Granulated Sugar 1kg
  • 6 tbsp Plain Flour 1 x Sainsbury's Plain Flour 500g
  • 200ml Lemon Juice 1 x Stamford Street Co. Unwaxed Lemons x5
  • Oil Spray to coat 1 x Sainsbury's Olive Oil Spray 200ml
  • 2 Eggs 1 x Sainsbury's British Free Range Eggs Medium x6
  • 2tsp Garlic Powder 1 x Sainsbury's Garlic Granules 58g
  • 640g Chicken Breasts, sliced in half horizontally 1 x Sainsbury's 640g British Fresh Skinless & Boneless Chicken Breast Fillets
  • 440g Special Fried Rice, or any cooked rice 2 x Ben's Original Special Fried Microwave Rice 220g
  • 2 tbsp Honey 1 x Sainsbury's Runny Honey 340g
  • 1 tbsp Toasted Sesame Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Sesame Oil, Toasted 250ml
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