Sesame Chicken (Indo Chinese) - submitted by Dahlia on 09-23-2008
Sesame Chicken is a Chinese dish in which boneless skinless chicken pieces are deep fried and then tossed with a sauce made with cornstarch, vineger, chicken broth and honey/ sugar. It is then topped with tosted white sesame seeds. It is served with plain white rice or fried rice or noodles. Ingredients Chicken - 1 lb (boneless skinless, cut into small cubes)
Oil - 2 tblsp (preferably sesame oil)
Sesame seeds (white) - 2 tblsp
Ginger - 1 tsp (minced)
Veggies - 1 cup (chopped lengthwise optional). Any veggies like spring onion, bell peppers etc can be used. Sauce Ingredients
Chilly garlic sauce - 1 tblsp
Soy sauce - 2 tblsp
Vineger - 2 tblsp
Water/Chicken Broth - 1 1/2 cup (or as needed) Salt - as needed Optional Ingredients Corn Starch - 2 tblsp (to thicken the sauce) Honey - (to add some sweetness to the sauce)  Method
1. Marinate the chicken with some soy sauce (2 tblsp) and salt for atleast 15 minutes.
2. Heat the oil in a wok and stir fry the chicken until the chicken is cooked. (The chicken is traditionally deep fried.)
3. Remove the chicken and keep it aside.
4. Heat some oil in the same wok and stir fry the ginger and veggies for just a minute or two.
5. Add the sauce ingredients - vineger, soy sauce, chilly garlic sauce and water/chicken broth. (You can add some corn starch and honey to the sauce depending on how thick and how sweet you want your sauce to be. I havent added either, to suit to my taste.)
6. Bring the sauce to a boil and add the fried chicken pieces. (Check for salt and other seasonings at this stage. Add some chilly powder if you need more heat.)
7. Transfer the chicken with the sauce to the serving tray and top it with the sesame seeds. Serve with fried rice/ noodles. Comments Comment by Archana on 24 September 2008 22:57PM mouth watering recipe will try it out and let u know how it turned out Reply :- Sure Archana. Waiting to hear from you. |
Comment by Inara on 24 September 2008 14:37PM This looks mouthwatering Dahlia! I sure am going to try it out. BTW, which chilli garlic sauce do you use? Reply :- hey inara, i used the chilly garlic sauce that i got from the chinese store here....you get it in indian store too.... i always loved the idea of sesame seeds with chicken. but i never used to like the sweet sesame chicken that we get in restaurants here. so just tried out this savory variant and it turned out awesome. we had it with rice noodles. do try and let me know.
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