Thu, 28 September 2023
Ingredients.
2 x chicken fillets, diced
4tbsps soy sauce
100g flour
100g cornflour
1 tsp baking powder
Oil for shallow frying
Leftover long-grain rice
Half a Red pepper sliced
2 cloves of garlic chopped
5/6 spring onions chopped
1 red chili sliced
Zest and juice of half a lemon
2 tbsps. oyster sauce
3-4 tbsps. of hoisin sauce
1 tsp Chinese 5 spice
Sea salt
Method
Preheat the oil in a deep frying pan or skillet for frying throw chicken.
Start by adding soya sauce to the chicken in a bowl and then mix the flour, cornflour and baking powder together in another. Mix the chicken into the flour until it’s coated and then fry in the oil until nice and crispy.
Finish cooking the chicken on a tray in the oven at 180C for 5-10 mins depending on the size.
Make the fried rice by frying the peppers and garlic. Add the leftover rice and spring onions along with the lemon zest, juice, some oyster and soya sauce.
Coat the chicken in the hoisin sauce along with 5 spice and salt and then serve it all up.
