Honey Sesame Chicken Skewers With Brown Rice

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

Rinse your brown rice, add it to a pot with plenty of cold water and bring to the boil over a high heat

Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium and cook for 20-25 min or until it's tender with a slight bite

Once cooked, drain, return it to the pot and keep covered until serving

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

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? Leave out the sesame seeds or just add a little!

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 toasted sesame seeds (you'll use the rest later!) – this is your sesame marinade

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

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!