Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken
Equipment
Ingredients
Marination
Chicken breasts (cubed)
400 g
Salt
0.5 tsp
Crushed peppercorns (crushed)
0.5 tsp
Corn flour
1 tsp
Frying the chicken
Butter
2 tbsp
Olive oil
1 tbsp
Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
Garlic (chopped)
5.5 cloves
Chicken stock/broth
120 ml
Sour lime (juiced)
1 piece
Lemon zest
1 tsp
Cornflour slurry (mixed with water)
1 tsp
Salt
0.25 tsp
Crushed peppercorns (crushed)
0.5 tsp
Coriander leaves
1 tbsp
Red chilli flakes
1 tsp
Instructions
Marinate the chicken
Cut chicken breasts into cubes and marinate with salt, crushed peppercorns, and corn flour.
Fry the chicken
Heat butter and olive oil in a pan, then fry the marinated chicken until golden brown.
Prepare the sauce base
In the same pan, sauté chopped garlic until fragrant.
Build the sauce
Add chicken stock, lime juice, lemon zest, salt, pepper, and red chilli flakes to create the sauce base.
Thicken the sauce
Add cornflour slurry and simmer until the sauce thickens.
Finish and serve
Return the chicken to the pan, garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
Original recipe
Storage
Best consumed fresh. Sauce may separate when reheated.
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