Sesame Chicken

Name: Sesame Chicken
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1-2 pounds chicken breast (can use boneless, skinless thighs), cut into 1” cubes; 3 tablespoons avocado or olive oil; Pink Himalayan salt, to taste just to coat chicken; ½ teaspoon black pepper; ¼ teaspoon ginger, fresh or powder; 1 teaspoon arrowroot flour (can use white flour if you don’t have it) to make a slurry; 1 ½ tablespoons toasted sesame oil; ½ teaspoon red pepper; 4-5 cloves garlic, minced; 1/4 to ½ cup coconut aminos or low sodium soy sauce; 1 tablespoon tomato paste; 3 tablespoons rice or apple cider vinegar; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 1-2 tablespoon sesame seeds

9 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:06:21 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories341.5 kcal (17%)

Total Fat26.7 g (38%)

Carbs7.6 g (3%)

Sugars4.2 g (5%)

Protein18.2 g (36%)

Sodium786.4 mg (39%)

Fiber0.6 g (2%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

1 poundschicken breast

can use boneless, skinless thighs, cut into 1” cubes

3 tablespoonsavocado oil

or olive

Pink Himalayan salt

to taste just to coat chicken

½ teaspoonblack pepper

¼ teaspoonginger

fresh or powder

1 teaspoonarrowroot flour

can use white flour if you don’t have it, to make a slurry

1 ½ tablespoonstoasted sesame oil

½ teaspoonred pepper

4cloves garlic

minced

For the Sauce

¼ cupcoconut aminos

or low sodium soy sauce

1 tablespoontomato paste

3 tablespoonsrice vinegar

or apple cider

2 teaspoonssesame oil

1 tablespoonsesame seeds

Instructions

Step 1

Heat a large pan over medium heat and add the oil

Step 2

While it heats (about a minute)

Step 3

In a bowl mix salt to taste, pepper, ginger

Step 4

Coat the chicken in the mix and now lay in the hot oil. Cook 5-6 minutes on each side until golden and remove from the pan. ( you might need to do this in batches)

Step 5

Prepare the sauce by mixing all the ingredients.

Step 6

In a small bowl make the flour slur by mixing the arrowroot and some water

Step 7

Add more sesame oil to the pan (about 1- 1 ½ tablespoons) back to the pan and ½ the sauce and saute the garlic and red pepper for a few minutes on medium heat. Now place the chicken back in the pan with the remaining sauce, if needed Slowly add the arrowroot and mix until thickens a little.

Step 8

Serve over cauliflower rice

Step 9

Makes 4 servings