Sesame chicken with soy dip

Sesame chicken with soy dip

Liven up chicken breasts with an easy crunchy coating and serve with an Oriental-style dipping sauce

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

Low-fat

Chicken only can be frozen

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6 and line a baking tray with baking paper. Mix the breadcrumbs, sesame seeds, five-spice and a little seasoning on a plate. Pat dry the chicken, dip into the egg, then roll in the breadcrumb mix. Arrange on the baking tray, then bake for 25-30 mins until crisp and cooked through.
  2. When the chicken is almost ready, boil the broccoli in salted water for a few mins until just tender. Mix the soy sauce with the citrus juices and sugar to make a dipping sauce. Serve the crispy chicken with the broccoli and little dishes of the sauce for dipping, plus lime wedges for squeezing over.
Try

TURN IT INTO A STIR-FRY

Stir together the dip ingredients as above. Slice the chicken, toss with 2 tsp oil and the five spice, then stir-fry for 3 mins. Add broccoli, cut into short lengths, then fry for 3 mins more. Add a splash of water, then once it's boiled off and the broccoli is tender, tip in the sesame seeds, a pinch dried chilli, fry 1 min, then add the dip and toss well. Serve with noodles or rice.

PER SERVING

398 kcalories, protein 44g, carbohydrate 34g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 0g, sugar 8g, salt 3.01 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2009.

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  • 27 December 2008

    genadarb rated this recipe

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    Beth rated this recipe

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  • 23 January 2009

    steffil83 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really enjoyed this dish. The flavours in the soy dip were lovely. I added a bit more sugar to it by mistake but glad I did as it calmed the zesty lime. Used italian breadcrumbs too as it was all I had but added a nice aromatic taste! Will definitely make this again!

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  • 09 February 2009

    FlemishMinx rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delivers lots of flavor for so little preparation. A true winner !

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  • 29 July 2009

    Cath rated and commented on this recipe

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    I was looking for a relatively healthy crispy chicken recipe and this did the trick really well. The first time I made it though I had all the ingredients in the house except the Chinese five spice and so substituted it with Schwarz Cajun seasoning which was very tasty too! Using less caster sugar is more to my taste too...

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  • 01 September 2009

    Coen83 rated and commented on this recipe

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    i just made the chicken and did it with some noodles tossed with soy sauce and toasted seasame oil. I really enjoyed it and will be making it again, had the leftovers in a bread roll the next day and it was just as tasty

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  • 12 September 2009

    i-heart-cooking commented on this recipe

    Can anyone tell me if this recipe needs WHITE or TOASTED sesame seeds?! There is another recipe I have seen that I also want to try that also requiries breadcrumbs & sesame seeds - I assume not toasted as it doesn't say so, but that could be an error on the webpage! - so I can't tell with that recipe either! I'd like to try this recipe with the 'official' ingredients (if I have them in the kitchen already) at least once, before I try to change it! Thanks! From i-heart-cooking

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  • 24 September 2009

    Liezel rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I must have made this 5-7 times by now and it is a huge winner every time. It is so healthy, crunchy, tasty and super easy to make. My one friend is addicted to it and we keep making it and using the chicken in different recipes. It actually works well stuffed in a roll with cheese, parma ham and lettuce as a healthy burger alternative. I have sliced it and added it to noodles, but mostly I just serve it with dipping sauces and egg fried rice. Making it again tomorrow, it has been two weeks since we had it last :)

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  • 24 September 2009

    Liezel rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I must have made this 5-7 times by now and it is a huge winner every time. It is so healthy, crunchy, tasty and super easy to make. My one friend is addicted to it and we keep making it and using the chicken in different recipes. It actually works well stuffed in a roll with cheese, parma ham and lettuce as a healthy burger alternative. I have sliced it and added it to noodles, but mostly I just serve it with dipping sauces and egg fried rice. Making it again tomorrow, it has been two weeks since we had it last :)

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  • 19 April 2010

    kerryv rated and commented on this recipe

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    delicious, and healthy!

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  • 24 January 2011

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  • 04 April 2011

    Martina rated and commented on this recipe

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    I found this had WAY too much lemon and lime in the dip

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

Low-fat

Chicken only can be frozen

Ingredients

  • 140g breadcrumbs
  • 3 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
  • 4 skinless chicken breasts , flatten a little
  • 1 egg , lightly beaten
  • 300g Tenderstem broccoli
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • juice 1 lemon
  • juice 1 lime , plus extra wedges to serve
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
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PER SERVING

398 kcalories, protein 44g, carbohydrate 34g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 0g, sugar 8g, salt 3.01 g

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