Lemon Chicken

Serves 2

A little squeeze of lemon can turn a meal from alright to amazing. Lemons can enhance all the flavours of a dish as well as add their own tangy flavour.

Baked honey and sesame glazed chicken with a tangy sticky lemon sauce is a wonderful dinner for two. No one need know how simple this meal is to make. The sauce's clean, fresh flavours of lemon and ginger beautifully complement the sweet and tender honey chicken. Lemon chicken is delicious with rice and stir fried vegetables or noodles.

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp honey
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 2 chicken breasts
• 2 tbsp lemon zest, cut into thin strips
• 2 tbsp ginger, finely shredded
• 200ml chicken or vegetable stock
• 1 tbsp sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp cornflour
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp lemon juice

Method

1. Heat the oven to 200C or gas mark 6.
2. Mix together the honey and sesame oil and coat the chicken in this mix.
3. Bake in a tin for 20 minutes, until tender.
4. To make the lemon sauce, put the zest, ginger, stock, sugar and salt in a pan. Bring to the boil, stirring constantly. Mix together the cornflour, soy sauce and lemon juice and add to the sauce, stirring until it thickens. Thickly slice the chicken and spoon over the sauce.