Gingery Chili-Lemon Chicken Breasts
with Scallion Rice and Veggie Stir-Fry
Inspired by the Chinese-American classic, this lemon chicken recipe has bright and fiery flavours. Saucy chicken teams up with lightly charred veggies for a satisfying dinner any night of the week.
Ingredients: Chicken breast • Zucchini • Jasmine rice • Snow peas • Sweet chili sauce (sugars (sugar, glucose), water, modified corn starch, apple cider vinegar, vinegar, chili peppers, salt, ginger, dehydrated red bell pepper, spices, dried garlic, crushed chilies, soybean oil, natural flavour, xanthan gum, acetic acid, citric acid, canola oil, paprika oleoresin, natural paprika flavour, caramel, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, calcium disodium EDTA) • Lemon • Soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, hydrolyzed soya protein, sugars (sugar, glucose solids, molasses, corn syrup solids), seasoning agents, caramel colour, licorice extract, modified cornstarch, citric acid, sodium benzoate, sodium propionate, potassium sorbate, alcohol) (soy, sulphites, wheat) • Green onion • Cream sauce spice blend (wheat flour, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, canola oil, silicon dioxide) (wheat) • Chicken broth concentrate (sugars (maltodextrin, sugar), chicken stock, chicken fat, chicken flavor (chicken broth, salt, flavoring, water, glutamic acid, chicken fat, chicken powder, xanthan gum, organic sunflower oil), salt, yeast extract, xanthan gum, natural flavor) • Moo shu spice blend (garlic powder, sugar (maltodextrin), spices, soy sauce powder [soy sauce (soybeans, wheat, salt), maltodextrin, salt], salt, silicon dioxide) (soy, wheat, sulphites).
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
2 unit
Chicken Breasts
¾ cup
Jasmine Rice
56 g
Snow Peas
1 unit
Zucchini
½ unit
Lemon
1 unit
Green Onion
2 tbsp
Sweet Chili Sauce
(May contain Tree nuts, Wheat, Fish, Sulphites, Soy, Milk, Gluten, Sesame, Crustaceans, Egg, Mustard)
10 g
Cream Sauce Spice Blend
(Contains Wheat May contain Tree nuts, Milk, Mustard, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites)
1 tbsp
Soy Sauce
(Contains Soy, Sulphites, Wheat May contain Crustaceans, Egg, Fish, Gluten, Milk, Mustard, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites, Wheat)
1 unit
Chicken Broth Concentrate
9 g
Moo Shu Spice Blend
(Contains Soy, Sulphites, Wheat May contain Milk, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame)
Not included in your delivery
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
1.5 tbsp
Oil*
0.13 tsp
Salt*
2 tbsp
Unsalted Butter*
(Contains Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- To a medium pot add 1 cup (2 cups) water, 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter and 1/8 tsp (1/4 tsp) salt. Cover and bring to a boil over high.
- Meanwhile, using a strainer, rinse rice until water runs clear.
- Add to the boiling water, then reduce heat to medium-low.
- Cover and cook until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, 12-14 min. (NOTE: Reduce heat to low if water is boiling over.)
- Remove from heat. Set aside, still covered.
- Zest, then juice half the lemon (whole lemon for 4 servings).
- Halve zucchini lengthwise, then cut into 1/4-inch halfmoons.
- Trim snow peas.
- Thinly slice green onion.
- To a medium bowl, add sweet chili sauce, stock concentrate, lemon zest, half the soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) lemon juice and 1/3 cup (1/2 cup) water. Stir to combine.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high.
- When hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, zucchini and snow peas. Cook for 2-3 min, stirring often, until lightly charred and tender-crisp.
- Add remaining soy sauce. Season with salt and pepper, then stir to coat.
- Transfer veggies to a plate and cover to keep warm.
- Pat chicken dry with paper towels. On a clean cutting board, cut chicken into 1-inch pieces.
- Reheat the same from step 3 pan over medium-high.
- When hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil, then chicken.
- Cook for 1-2 min per side, flipping once, until golden.
- Sprinkle Cream Sauce Spice Blend and half the Moo Shu Spice Blend (use all for 4 servings) over chicken. Stir to coat.
- Reduce heat to medium. Add sauce mixture and 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter.
- Cook for 2-4 min, stirring occasionally until butter has melted, sauce thickens slightly and chicken is cooked through.**
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Fluff rice with fork. Add half the green onions. Stir to mix.
- Divide rice between plates. Top with veggies and chicken.
- Spoon any remaining sauce from the pan over top.
- Sprinkle remaining green onions over top.
If you've opted to get chicken breasts, cook in the same way the recipe instructs you to cook the chicken thighs.