Sweet and Sour Sesame Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:

3 lb/ 1.5 kg
1/4 cup/ 60 ml
1 tbsp/ 15 ml
2 cups/ 500 ml
1/3 cup/ 85 ml
1 tbsp/ 15 ml
1
6 oz/ 180 g
2
8 oz/ 225 g
8 oz/ 225 g
3 tbsp/ 45 ml
1 tbsp/ 15 ml

chicken, cut up
plum sauce
vinegar
chicken stock
dry sherry
finely chopped fresh ginger
onion, quartered
canned straw mushrooms
stalk celery, sliced
canned water chestnuts
canned bamboo shoots, drained and sliced
cornstarch blended with water
sesame seeds

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350 ^oF/ 180^oC. Arrange chicken in an ovenproof dish. Combine plum sauce, vinegar, stock, sherry and ginger and pour over chicken. Cover and bake 40 minutes.

2. Add vegetables, return to oven and cook a further 15 minutes. Remove chicken and vegetables to a heated serving dish.

3. Thicken remaining liquid with blended cornstarch and water. Bring to a boil and simmer 2 minutes. Pour over chicken. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve hot with rice.

Serve 6

 

Recipes by Country  Soups & Starters Salads BBQ & Roasts  Italian food Indian food  Fish & Seafood Poultry & Game Meat  Chinese food Vietnamese food  Snacks & Sandwiches Casseroles & Stews Rice & Pasta  Japanese food Thai food  Sauces, Stocks & Stuffing Cajun & Creole Drinks Desserts      Jams, Pickles, Preserves Breads, Biscuits & Cakes Vegetables      Drinks Vegetarian food