Homemade lime and chilli chicken goujons
Homemade oven baked chicken goujons with lemon mayonnaise
Nutrition based on 4 servings
Calories: 314
Carbohydrates: 6g
Protein: 28g
Fat: 19.1g
High In:
1. Protein - protein helps you feel fuller for longer and in turn helps to curb your appetite and help control your body weight. It also helps with muscle recovery, and it can help reduce anxiety due to its role in synthesising dopamine and seratonin.
2. Vitamin C - one of the key nutrients for boosting your immunity. It can also help enhance iron absorption and therefore help tackle anaemia.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 15-20 minutes
Serves: 3-4
Ingredients
25g bread crumbs
4x good size chicken breasts (150-200g per breast)
100g finely grated cheese (cheddar or parmesan works great)
Zest of two limes
1tsp – 2tsp chilli flakes (depending on how spicy you like them)
50g butter to melt
Salt and pepper to taste
Full fat mayonnaise
Juice of 1 lemon
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How to make it:
1. Turn the oven on to 180 degrees celcius
2. Mix the breadcrumbs, finely grated cheddar, lime zest, chilli flakes and salt/pepper in a large bowl.
3. Cut up the chicken into strips about 1cm in width
4. Gently melt the butter in a saucepan, then leave to cool for a minute
5. Put half of the chicken strips in the saucepan with the melted butter and stir the chicken as to coat the chicken in the butter, repeat with the other half.
6. Flip each piece of chicken in the dry ingredients before placing on an oven tray.
7. Bake the chicken in the oven for 15-20 minutes until fully cooked, shuffling the nuggets on occasion.
8. Whilst waiting for the chicken to cook, mix together the mayonnaise and fresh lemon juice until it is zingy enough for your taste.
9. Serve with a fresh salad and wedge the limes that you zested.
Tips and Ideas
I also sometimes put chilli or garlic flavouring into my mayonnaise for a bit of variety.