OATMEAL CRUSTED CHICKEN WITH LEMON SAUCE

Oatmeal-crusted chicken tenders are delightfully crunchy, and are sure to be a hit with adults and children alike. Serve with lemon sauce and pasta. This used to be my favourite lunch menu. Ever since I moved to Ipoh, I haven't tasted any until I made it recently. The original recipe calls for breadcrumbs but I swapped it with oatmeal since I need to finish out the stock before it expires.

This is a Chinese version of lemon sauce. I used garlic, ginger and chicken stocks .A lemony but not sweet sauce to accompany chicken breasts or fish fillets. Serve with rice or pasta.

OATMEAL-CRUSTED CHICKEN WITH LEMON SAUCE AND PASTA.

Ingredients

• 2 boneless skinned free range chicken breasts
  1 Tbs chopped fresh (or frozen) basil
  1/2 cup flour
  1 egg, beaten
  3/4 cup breadcrumbs
  1 Tbs butter
  1 Tbs olive oil
  salt, pepper
  
  
  
  
  
  Rub chicken with salts and pepper.
  
  
  Dredge each chicken piece in the flour, coat it with egg and then roll it in the oats. Melt the butter in a pan and add half the oil. When it is hot, but not browning, add the chicken breasts and quickly brown on both sides. 
  
  
  
  Remove to a hot oven and bake until the juices run clear, about half an hour at 200c. 
  
  
  Lemon Sauce
  1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
  3/4 cup sugar
  1 lemon, zest 
  1 tbsp cornstarch with 5 tbsp water
  1/4 cup chicken stock
  5 cloves garlic - thinly slice
  2" ginger - thinly slice
  
  
  Directions:
  
  
  Heat up oil and saute ginger and garlic till fragrnt. Add chicken stock and then add lemon juice, sugar and zest.
  
  
  Blend together cornstarch and cold water and stir into the lemon sauce.
  
  
  Cook until thickened, stirring frequently and adjust seasoning to taste.
  
  
• Pour over the cooked chicken

Cook's Note - Add some chopped green onions will make this dish much..much delicious.

Inilah menu favourite saya ketika bertugas di Penang. Lemon Chicken Chinese Style. Sedap makan dengan nasi, tapi kali ini saya masukkan pasta. Kepada yang suka masam-masam dan manis sedikit menu ini cukup sesuai. Resipi asal menggunakan breadcrumbs tapi saya gantikan dengan oats..banyak sangat oats dekat rumah takut expire nanti. Ayam digoreng cara ini memang ranggup dan sesuai dengan sos lemon ini.

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