Description:

Simple and Easy Chinese Meal for novice to experienced cooks.

Source:

S. Chokel

Serves/Makes:4 or more

Ingredients

• Chicken:
• 6 chicken thighs, boned and cut into 1 to 1-1/2 inch cubes
• cornstarch, enough to coat chicken
• peanut oil, enough to deep fry chicken cubes
• Sauce:
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) soy sauce
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) sugar
• 1 tbsp (15 ml) sesame seeds, toasted
• 1 1-inch piece of fresh ginger root, finely grated
• 2 green onions, finely sliced
• 1/2 tsp (2 ml) to 1 tsp (5 ml) sesame oil
• chopped green onions for garnish

Preparation

• Coat chicken thoroughly with cornstarch and refrigerate for at least one hour.
• Coat chicken again lightly with cornstarch just before frying.
• In a medium saucepan, mix soy sauce, sugar, sesame seeds and ginger root.
• Cook over low heat until the sugar is dissolved.
• Stir in green onions and sesame oil, simmer for 1-2 minutes and take off heat and set aside.
• Deep fry the chicken pieces in peanut oil at 350 degrees (175 C.) for about 3 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Drain on paper toweling.
• Either gently toss the chicken in the dipping sauce, or serve the dipping sauce over the chicken as a "gravy" and present it over rice on a platter or individual plates.

Comments

If you cannot find toasted sesame seeds, you can toast regular ones by cooking them in a skillet over medium heat until they are lightly colored.