Lime & Pepper Chicken Goujons

This is a well known combination, but it is simple and delicious. The secret here is quality ingredients.

The preparation is the most difficult part with this one, but if you get everything ready beforehand the process is quite straightforward.

Preparation time:
30 minutes

Cooking time:
30 minutes

Serves:
2-4

Ingredients:
400g chicken breast fillet
3 slices good quality brown bread
1 egg
2 limes
plain flour
black pepper
salt

Method:
Slice the chicken lengthways into strips about 2-3cm thick and put aside in a bowl and season with a little salt.

Lightly toast the bread and break up into crumbs (or put in the blender).

Wash the limes and grate all the zest into a dish. Add the bread crumbs and a little salt. Add the black pepper, turning the grinder for about 20 seconds, and mix the ingredients evenly.

Add the juice of the limes to the chicken.

In another bowl whisk the egg.

In another bowl (a flat dish if available) put some plain flour, enough so that there is about a half centimetre layer in the middle.

Line the bowls and dishes up as follows:
chicken
flour
egg
bread crumbs

Take a piece of chicken (allow to drip-dry a little) and dip first in the flour to soak up the lime juice, then in the egg and finally in the bread crumbs. Add to a greased baking tray.

It is best to use a pair wooden tongs here, unless you like having kak-covered fingers of course.

Place in the oven at 190 degrees and cook for 30 minutes turning once or twice. Allow to cool a little before serving.