Stir-fried Sesame Chicken
Preparation and cooking time: 30 minutes
Peanut butter adds a creaminess to stir fries, as well as a subtle, almost sesame flavor. The finish of toasted sesame seeds carries the flavor through. You can buy toasted sesame seeds or toast them yourself in minutes.
Ingredients:
- 2 chicken breasts, 300gr, 10.6oz
- 2 ribs celery, 100gr, 3.5oz
- 2 carrots, 180gr, 6.4oz
- 1 onion, 145gr, 5.1oz
- 2 cloves garlic, 8gr, .28oz
- 2 tsp minced, fresh ginger, 5gr, .17oz
- 2 tsp olive oil, 9gr, .32oz
- 1 tsp sesame oil, 4.5gr, .16oz
- 1 tbs soy sauce, 16gr, .56oz
- 1 cup chicken stock, 225gr, 8oz
- 1 tbs cornstarch (corn flour, maizena), 8gr, .28oz
- 2 tbs sherry, 30gr, 1oz
- 2 tbs peanut butter, 32gr, 1.1oz
- 2 tbs sesame seeds, toasted, 18gr, .64oz
- Basmati rice
- 1/2 cup Basmati rice, 90gr, 3.2oz
- 1 tsp butter, 5gr, .18oz
- 1 cup chicken stock, 225gr, 8oz
Instructions:
- Toast sesame seeds in a dry, nonstick skillet, over medium-high heat, 3 - 6 minutes. Start flipping them or shaking the skillet after 1 - 2 minutes and remove as soon as light brown. Set aside.
- Slice celery at an angle.
- Cut carrots into matchsticks.
- Cut onion into quarters, lengthwise, then slice thinly.
- Mince garlic.
- Peel a small section of ginger, cut into thin slices, then mince.
- Cut chicken into bite-size pieces.
- Heat oils in large skillet. Add onion and sauté 3 minutes.
- Add garlic, ginger, celery, carrot and sauté 5 minutes longer. Remove to a plate.
- Add chicken to skillet and sauté 5 minutes.
- Return vegetables to skillet.
- Add soy sauce, stock, cover and simmer, 5 minutes.
- To finish: Dissolve cornstarch in sherry.
- Increase heat under skillet. Add peanut butter and stir until dissolved.
- Add cornstarch and stir until thickened.
- Add half of the toasted sesame seeds, stir.
- Spoon over rice, sprinkle with the remaining sesame seeds and serve.
- Basmati Rice
- Melt butter in small saucepan over medium heat. Add rice and sauté, stirring for 2 - 3 minutes.
- Add stock or water.
- Cook rice for length of time on package. When done fluff with fork and serve.
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Nutrition Information |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements in this color are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
