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Sesame Chicken

Floured chicken strips are seared in a wok, then glazed in a quick sweet soy coating with sesame seeds and chives. It takes about as long as the rice does.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on20 min
  • Total22 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Chicken

  • 35 ggluten-free all-purpose flour blend
  • ¼ tspsalt
  • ¼ tspground black pepper
  • 680 gchicken breasts, boneless and skinless, cut into thin strips
  • 2 tbspcanola oil

Glaze

  • 60 mlreduced-sodium soy sauce
  • 50 ggranulated sugar
  • 2 tbsptoasted sesame seeds
  • 1 tsptoasted sesame oil

To serve

  • 15 gfresh chives, finely snipped

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Soy
  • Sesame
  • Legumes (any)
  • Chickpeas
  • Fava (broad) beans
  • Wheat
  • Corn (maize)
  • Rice
  • Sorghum
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Potato (white)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Chives
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Cassava
  • Black and white pepper
  • Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Gums and thickeners
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Wok

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • Under 30 min total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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