Honey Sesame Chicken Skewers And Rice With Dessert

Preheat the oven to 200°C/ 180°C (fan)/ gas 6, take your chicken out of the fridge, open the packet and let it air

Bash your cucumber with a rolling pin and chop it into large, bite-sized pieces (Tip: Bash the cucumber in its bag to avoid mess!), then deseed your sweet pointed pepper[s] (scrape the seeds and pith out with a teaspoon) and chop roughly

Tip: Cooking for kids? Chop half your cucumber and sweet pointed pepper into batons

Soak your skewers in cold water (this prevents them from burning whilst cooking)

Chop your chicken breast strips into bite-sized pieces

Add your soy sauce to a large bowl with your honey, half your mayo and half your sesame seeds (you'll use the rest later!) – this is your sesame marinade

Tip: Cooking for kids? Leave out the sesame seeds or just add a little!

Transfer half your sesame marinade to a separate small bowl and set aside

Add the chopped chicken to the large bowl of sesame marinade and give everything a good mix up until fully coated

Thread the marinated chicken onto the soaked skewers – these are your chicken skewers

Add the chicken skewers to a tin foil-lined baking tray (or two!) and pull up the edges of the foil to form an open parcel (this will collect any juices!)

Put the tray[s] in the oven for 18-20 minutes, turning once halfway, until golden and cooked through (no pink meat!) – these are your honey sesame chicken skewers

Add your white long grain rice to a pot with 225ml [300ml] [450ml] cold water and bring to the boil over a high heat

Once boiling, reduce the heat to very low and cook, covered, for 12-15 min or until all the water has absorbed and the rice is cooked

Once done, remove from the heat and set aside (lid on) to steam until serving

While your rice and chicken skewers are cooking, add your rice vinegar to a bowl with your toasted sesame oil, remaining sesame seeds, chilli flakes (can't handle the heat? Go easy!), and a drizzle of olive oil – this is your spicy dressing

Add the smashed cucumber and chopped pepper to the spicy dressing and mix it all together

Season with a pinch of sugar – this is your spicy smashed cucumber salad

Tip: Cooking for kids? Leave the pepper and cucumber batons plain!