Fried chicken breasts with cornstarch and baking soda

Name: Fried chicken breasts with cornstarch and baking soda
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 1 kg Chicken breasts; 1 tsp Cornstarch; 1 tsp Lemon juice; 1/2 tsp Baking soda; to taste Salt; as needed All-purpose flour (for coating); as needed Vegetable oil (for frying)

Chicken breasts marinated with baking soda, lemon juice, and cornstarch, coated in flour, and fried until crisp. Serve with vegetables.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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These fried chicken breast pieces stay juicy inside and crisp on the outside after a short marinade with cornstarch and baking soda. Season the cut chicken with salt, then toss with baking soda, lemon juice, and cornstarch and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes. Then simply coat in all-purpose flour and fry in hot oil until golden brown. Make them into cutlets or small nuggets and serve with vegetables and sauces.

Ingredients

Chicken breasts 1 kg
Cornstarch 1 tsp
Lemon juice 1 tsp
Baking soda 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
All-purpose flour (for coating) as needed
Vegetable oil (for frying) as needed

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Instructions

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Pat the chicken breasts dry, trim off any membranes, and cut into cutlets or small nuggets, as desired. Season with salt, add the baking soda, and mix well.
Add the lemon juice and cornstarch and mix again. Refrigerate the chicken for at least 20 minutes, then coat each piece in flour.
Heat the oil in a skillet and fry the chicken until golden brown, crisp on the outside, and juicy inside. Serve with fresh vegetables and sauces of your choice.

Tip: Coat the pieces in flour in batches, only as many as will go straight into the oil—the flour quickly absorbs moisture from the marinated meat and the coating will not be crisp. Cut the cutlets thin so they cook through during the short frying time.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 312 kcal
Protein: 57 g
Carbohydrates: 2.6 g
of which sugars: 0.0 g
Fat: 6.6 g
of which saturates: 1.4 g
Fiber: 0.1 g
Salt: 1.2 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Vyprážané kuracie prsia so škrobom a jedlou sódou