Lime chicken with vegetables Recipe | 4Food

Date Published:: 19/12/2007

Jon turns up the heat with this zesty chicken and pan-fried vegetables recipe. Find out what else went on in Come Dine With Me Coventry

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil
4 small boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 garlic clove, finely chopped

For the lime sauce

3 tbsp clear honey
Freshly squeezed juice 3 limes
1 tbsp soy sauce
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp ground ginger
A good pinch cayenne pepper

For the pan-fried vegetables

1 tbsp olive oil
2 small garlic cloves, finely chopped
500g French beans, sliced diagonally into 2.5cm lengths
200g baby carrots, trimmed and sliced
1 green or red pepper, deseeded and thinly sliced
1 tbsp oyster sauce
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method: How to make chicken with lime and pan-fried vegetables

1. To make the lime sauce, mix together the honey, lime juice, soy sauce, salt, ginger, cayenne pepper and 2 tbsp water. This can be made a few hours in advance and kept in the fridge until needed.

2. Heat the oil in a large, high-sided frying pan or wok over a medium heat. When hot, add the chicken breasts and cook on one side for 4-5 minutes, until nicely browned. Turn the chicken over and add the garlic to the pan. Reduce the heat to medium-low.

3. Stir the reserved sauce into the pan and bring to the boil carefully as it may splatter. Simmer for around 6 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

4. Remove the chicken to a warm serving plate and boil the sauce hard for 1-2 minutes to reduce to a syrupy consistency. Continually stir the sauce using a wooden spoon to loosen all the sediment from the bottom of the pan. Place the chicken on potato pancakes, if liked, and spoon the sauce over to serve. (The sauce is quite rich so don’t feel obliged to use it all.)

For the pan-fried vegetables

1. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan or wok over a medium-high heat. When hot, add the garlic and cook for a few seconds until pale golden brown, stirring constantly.

2. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan or wok over a medium-high heat. When hot, add the garlic and cook for a few seconds until pale golden brown, stirring constantly.

Serve the chicken on homemade potato pancakes with the vegetables on the side

Please note this recipe is the contestant's own and has not been tested professionally. Like the Come Dine With Me contestants, you could be creating a culinary delight or dining disaster, so switch on your ovens and be bold