If you love Orange or Lemon Chicken from your local Chinese restaurant, you must try this Crispy Lime Chicken Recipe! Beautifully zingy lime sauce coating crispy pieces of chicken breast makes the most wonderful weeknight dinner dish, that comes together in under 20 minutes! Serve it on a bed of fluffy white rice for an ultimate fakeaway meal!
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The Best Fakeaway With A Difference
We love ordering Orange Chicken from our local Chinese Takeaway place. And we have loved making zingy Lemon Chicken at home for years for a traditional Chinese-style dinner. But this Crispy Lime Chicken is our absolute new favourite!
Using lime as a base for the zingy sauce makes it an exceptional meal indeed. Whilst this is essentially a Cantonese-style recipe, lime adds a bit of a twist, giving this recipe a Mexican spin on it! Fresh, tart and sweet, the chicken almost tastes like a Chinese-Mexican fusion.
Ingredients and Substitutes
- chicken breast: boneless and skinless. You may substitute it with chicken thigh fillets, but not that the thighs will take a little longer to cook through.
- flour: plain (all-purpose flour). Skip the flour and add more cornflour for a gluten-free version.
- cornflour: also known as cornstarch.
- oil: vegetable or sunflower oil works best.
- soy sauce: dark, light or tamari.
- lime: juice and zest.
- caster sugar: also known as superfine sugar. It can be replaced with a tablespoon of clear honey.
- stock: chicken or vegetable stock.
Method
Mix plain flour, cornflour and a pinch of salt in a shallow bowl. Then add the chicken to the flour mixture and mix thoroughly to ensure every bit of the chicken is fully coated.
Heat about 3mm of odourless oil in a large non-stick frying pan on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the chicken and fry for 3 minutes, then stir and continue frying for another 3 minutes, making sure you cook the chicken on all sides (stir occasionally).
Once cooked, place the chicken strips on a paper towel-lined plate to absorb extra oil.
Whilst the chicken is cooking, make the lime sauce. Pour the lime juice, stock and sugar into a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Add the soy sauce.
In a small bowl, mix the cornflour with a tablespoon of water. Add it to the sauce and stir until the sauce starts to thicken slightly.
Add the crispy chicken and mix just enough to coat. Serve with lime zest scattered on top!
What To Serve With Crispy Lime Chicken?
If fluffy white rice isn't enough for you to feel like you're having an ultimate Chinese Fakeaway, try serving this Crispy Lime Chicken with:
- Chargrilled Pak Choi
- Tenderstem Broccoli with Garlic and Lemon
- Raw Courgette Ribbon Salad with Honey & Earl Grey Dressing
Other Chinese-Inspired Crispy Chicken Recipes
Do you love crispy chicken coasted in Chinese-style sauces, served with fluffy white rice? You are in the right company. Here are some recipes that we simply cannot get enough of:
Crispy Lime Chicken
Ingredients
- 250 g chicken breast cut into thin strips
- 1 tablespoon plain flour
- 3 tablespoon cornflour
- oil for frying
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 lime juice and zest
- 3 teaspoon caster sugar
- 80 ml chicken stock hot
- 1 teaspoon cornflour + 1 tablespoon of water
Instructions
- Mix plain flour, cornflour and a pinch of salt in a shallow bowl. Then add the chicken to the flour mixture and mix thoroughly to ensure every bit of chicken is fully coated.
- Heat about 3mm of odourless oil in a large non-stick frying pan on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the chicken and fry for 3 minutes, then stir and continue frying for another 3 minutes, making sure you cook the chicken on all sides (stir occasioanlly).
- Once cooked, place the cooked chicken strips on a paper towel lined plate to absorb extra oil.
- Whilst the chicken is cooking, make the lime sauce. Pour the lime jucie, stock and sugar into a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Add the soy sauce.
- In a small bowl, mix the cornflour with a tablespoon of water. Add it to the sauce and stir until the sauce starts to thicken slightly.
- Add the crispy chicken and mix just enough to coat. Serve with lime zest scaterred on top!
Notes
- Serve on a bed of fluffy white rice and some charred pak choi!
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Dannii says
I love anything with lime and this was incredible. Such a nice flavour.