Why recepie famous for?
In this sesame chicken recipe, we used a tablespoon of arrowroot powder combined with a beaten egg to mimic that soft battered texture of Chinese sesame chicken. This texture was also important since the sesame sauce wouldn’t stick to a naked chicken thigh so easily.
Ingredients
Coating & Chicken
1 egg
1 tbsp arrowroot powder (or corn starch)
1 lb chicken thighs (cut into bite sized pieces)
1 tbsp toasted sesame seed oil
salt
pepper
Sesame Sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp toasted sesame seed oil
2 tbsp So Nourished GOLD
1 tbsp vinegar
ginger (1 cm cube)
1 clove garlic
2 tbsp sesame seeds
1/4 tsp xanthan gum
Instructions
To make your batter, combine a large egg with a tablespoon of arrowroot powder.
Whisk very well and place your bite sized chicken thigh pieces in. Make sure to coat them all over.
soak
Heat up a tablespoon of toasted sesame seed oil in a large pan and add the chicken thighs. Leave a bit of room in between each one. Work in two batches if necessary; you want them to fry, not steam. Make sure you're gentle when moving and flipping the chicken. If you're too rough, the breading will come off and the sesame sauce won't stick well.
cook
While the chicken thighs are cooking (about 10 minutes), make your sesame sauce by combing all the sauce ingredients and whisking very well.
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