Lighter Sesame Chicken
Recipe: #6518
September 14, 2012
Categories: Chicken, Asian, Fathers Day, Romantic Dinner, Sunday Dinner, High Protein, Sugar Substitute, Boneless Pieces, Chicken Dinner, more
"I found this Funky recipe on another site. I made a couple of small changes, and it actually lowered the calories by half! The whole family loved this dish! As the original author stated, "Stand back and watch your guests/children/loved ones inhale this dish". I wholeheartedly agree!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (297.2 g)
- Calories 700.4
- Total Fat - 26.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.6 g
- Cholesterol - 229.6 mg
- Sodium - 1844.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 67.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7.4 g
- Sugars - 17 g
- Protein - 48.8 g
- Calcium - 64.6 mg
- Iron - 3.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Mix 2 tablespoons soy sauce with teriyaki sauce, garlic, brown sugar and ginger until sugar has dissolved.
Step 2
Cut chicken thighs into strips and marinate in this blend [in the refrigerator] for 2 hours.
Step 3
When you are ready to cook, prepare the sesame noodles. First cook pasta according to directions on the box.
Step 4
Mix together the last 2 tablespoons of soy sauce with sesame oil and agave syrup.
Step 5
Drain noodles and rinse if desired. Try to get as much water off the pasta as possible.
Step 6
Pour the sesame/soy sauce over the pasta and toss well with sliced scallions. Set aside.
Step 7
Remove chicken from marinade and throw out whatever is left over. Heat a little oil in a pan over medium high.
Step 8
Add chicken in batches and sauté for about 10 minutes adding sesame oil to taste if desired.
Step 9
Divide pasta into four portions, and top equally with cooked sesame chicken.
Step 10
Garnish with about a half tablespoon of sesame seeds per dish.
Tips
No special items needed.