#914: Sesame Chicken

See these golden brown nuggets of chicken?  They are wonderful.  They are so good in fact, Allison proclaimed, "Mama, this is the BEST chicken ever."  Needless to say, this recipe went straight into her future recipe book.  This sesame chicken was really, really easy to make.  You need to have an oven proof skillet though because you end up baking it after quickly searing on the stove top.  I assume you could have baked it on a cookie sheet though if you didn't have a cast iron skillet.  I don't see why you couldn't. 

This recipe calls to be dipped in ONE TABLESPOON of flour.  I'm not sure what good that did.  It just made my chicken all gummy.  So I added about 1/4 cup of flour to get it all lightly coated.  I say either use more or omit completely (and see what happens). 

I made 4 chicken breasts for my family (of 5) cut up into pieces and it really was barely enough.  Next time I will make at least one more if not 2!

1.5 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into pieces

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1 tbsp whole wheat flour

1 tbsp toasted sesame oil

.5 tablespoon olive oil

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce

1 tbsp brown sugar

1 tbsp white vinegar

1/2 cup low-sodium chicken stock

1 tbsp sesame seeds (I omitted)

1 tbsp black sesame seeds (I omitted)

 

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.  In a small bowl, whisk the chicken stock, brown sugar, sesame oil, garlic, soy sauce, and white vinegar together. Set aside.

 

In another bowl, toss the chicken with salt, pepper, and flour.  In a large pan (make sure it’s oven safe) heat the olive oil over medium heat. Once hot, add the chicken in one layer. Cook for three minutes on one side until seared and then flip and cook for another three minutes on the other side.

 

Turn off the heat and pour the chicken stock mixture over the chicken, stirring to combine. Place the entire pan in the oven and cook for 20 minutes. Then toss the chicken with sesame seeds and serve.

 

According to the original website/recipe: 1/5 of this chicken is 5 ww + pts.