Prep
60 mins

Cooking Time

Cooking
50 mins

Serves 4

Bistro

Ingredients

Serves: 4

    • 1 bag of Florette Bistro salad

For the Chicken & Marinade:

    • 4 chicken breasts, sliced
    • 240ml buttermilk
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 1/4 tsp pepper
    • 1/4 tsp garlic powder

Crispy Coating:

    • vegetable oil for deep frying (enough to create a depth of at least 2 inches in your large, heavy-based pan)

    • 180g plain flour
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 1 tsp pepper
    • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
    • 1 tsp thyme
    • 1 tsp paprika
    • 1 tsp baking powder
    • 1 tsp chilli flakes

Sauce:

    • 2 tbsp gochujang paste
    • 2 tbsp honey
    • 4 tbsp brown sugar
    • 4 tbsp soy sauce
    • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
    • 2 tsp ginger, finely chopped
    • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
    • 1 tbsp sesame oil
    • 3 spring onions, finely sliced
    • 1 tsp sesame seeds

Method

  1. In a bowl mix the chicken, buttermilk, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Cover and place in the fridge to marinade for at least 1 hour or overnight.
  2. Preheat your oven to low/warm.
  3. Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based pan over a medium-high heat while you mix the crispy coating ingredients together in a wide bowl.
  4. Working in small batches of 5-8 depending on the size of your pan, take the marinated chicken from the buttermilk (allowing any excess buttermilk to drip off so they aren’t too runny) and toss in the crispy coating.  Coat the entire batch of chicken in the same way and place on a plate ready for the next step.
  5. Carefully drop the batch of coated chicken into the hot oil and cook for 3-5 minutes until golden brown and cooked through. (If in doubt cut one of the chicken strips open to see if it is fully cooked).
  6. Place the cooked chicken on a plate or tray in the oven to keep warm while you coat and cook the rest of the chicken in the same way.
  7. At the same time or with all of the chicken waiting in the oven, mix the gochujang, honey, sugar, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, vegetable oil and sesame oil in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
  8. Simmer gently for 5 minutes or so until thick and sticky.
  9. Take the crispy chicken from the oven and drop into the pan of sticky sauce, tossing gently with two forks until evenly coated.
  10. Serve the chicken on a bed of Bistro salad and top with a sprinkling of spring onions and sesame seeds – they work beautifully with the baby lambs lettuce and crunchy beetroot!
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