Recipe: Chinese Sesame Chicken

Title: CHINESE: SESAME CHICKEN
Categories: Chinese, Tomatoes, Ethnic, Poultry
Yield: 2 servings

3/4 lb Chicken Breasts,
Skinless and
Boneless
3 tb Flour
2 tb Sesame Seeds
1 tb Soy Sauce
1/2 ts Peanut Oil
1 tb Maple Syrup
Red Lettuce Leaves
1 tb Dry Sherry
1 lg Tomato, ripe
1 ts Fresh Ginger, chopped
Pepper to taste
1/2 ts Chinese Five spice
- powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut chicken into pieces
about 1 by 2 inches.

Mix soy sauce, maple syrup, sherry, ginger and Chinese
Five Spice together. Add chicken and marinate 20
minutes, turning once.

Meanwhile, place sesame seeds on a baking tray and
toast in oven for 10 minutes or until slightly brown.

Drain chicken, reserving marinade.

Dredge chicken in flour seasoned with a little salt
and pepper. Shake off any excess.

Heat oil in a non-stick skillet. Add chicken and
brown, about 1 minute per side. Spoon marinade over
chicken. j Reduce heat and saute another minute, or
until chicken is cooked through.

Remove from heat and roll chicken in sesame seeds.

Wash and dry lettuce leaves. Line a serving plate
with leaves, and spoon chicken on top. Cut tomato
into wedges and use to garnish plate.

Serves 2