Stir-fried Sesame Chicken
Total 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
- 2 ribs celery
- 2 carrots
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tsp minced, fresh ginger
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tbs soy sauce
- 1 cup (8oz, 240ml) chicken stock
- 1 tbs cornstarch (corn flour, maizena)
- 2 tbs sherry
- 2 tbs peanut butter
- 2 tbs sesame seeds, toasted
- Basmati rice:
- 1/2 cup (3.3oz, 95gr) Basmati rice
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 cup (8oz, 240ml) chicken stock
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 and ginger.
- 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.
- Basmati Rice:
- Melt butter in small saucepan over medium heat.
- Add rice and sauté, stirring for 2 - 3 minutes. Add stock, cover and simmer for 15 minutes, or until done.
- When done fluff with fork..
- 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.