Pan-Fried Lemon Sesame Chicken Breasts

Name: Pan-Fried Lemon Sesame Chicken Breasts
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: chicken breasts; eggs; water; flour; paprika; onion powder; poultry seasoning; vegetable oil; chicken broth; lemon zest; lemon juice; sesame seeds

Submitted by jacobsensharon

Sesame your chicken with this scrumptious dish that can be served with rice or noodles.

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

15 min

COOK

30 min

READY

45 min

This comforting chicken dish starts with breasts that get dipped in egg, coated in seasoned flour with paprika and poultry seasoning, then pan-fried until golden.

After browning, the chicken simmers gently in a light lemon-chicken broth sauce that keeps everything moist and infuses citrus flavor into every bite.

The sauce thickens with leftover flour mixture into a silky gravy, then gets finished with toasted sesame seeds sprinkled over the top for nutty crunch.

Serve over rice or noodles to soak up every drop of that lemony pan sauce.

Chef Tips

Pat chicken completely dry before breading so the coating adheres better and browns evenly
Don’t skip toasting the sesame seeds, it brings out their nutty flavor and prevents raw taste
Keep the simmer gentle (not boiling) to prevent the chicken from toughening

Ingredients

EACH CHICKEN BREAST
skinned, boneless

LARGE EGG

TEASPOON WATER

CUP ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

TEASPOON PAPRIKA

TEASPOON ONION POWDER

TEASPOON POULTRY SEASONING

TABLESPOONS VEGETABLE OIL

CUPS CHICKEN BROTH
unsalted

TEASPOON LEMON ZEST

TABLESPOON LEMON JUICE

TABLESPOON SESAME SEED
toasted

Directions

Wash chicken and pat dry. Beat egg and water. Combine next four dry ingredients. Dip chicken in egg, then flour. Brown in oil. Add remaining ingredients except sesame seeds. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove chicken. Thicken liquid with leftover flour mixture. Pour sauce over chicken and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Makes 4 servings.