Steamed Chicken Salad with Sesame Sauce

Name: Steamed Chicken Salad with Sesame Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 283 grams boneless chicken thighs with skin; 59 milliliters liquid made up from the juices of the cooked chicken (and water if necessary); 2 teaspoons chili paste or to-ban-jan; 2 smalls cucumbers; 2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic; 1 small piece crushed ginger; 2 teaspoons finely chopped ginger; 2 Tbsps finely shredded green onions; 2 Tbsps roughly ground sesame seeds; 1 Tbsps rice vinegar; 1 Tbsp sake; 4 servings salt and pepper; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 4 Tbsps sesame paste; 2 Tbsps soy sauce; 2 Tbsps superfine sugar

Need a gluten free and dairy free main course? Steamed Chicken Salad with Sesame Sauce could be a super recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains around 19g of protein, 26g of fat, and a total of 372 calories. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up chicken thighs, about ground sesame seeds, green onions, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the soy sauce you could follow this main course with the Panna Cotta with Strawberry-Vin Santo Sauce as a dessert.

Instructions

Finely chop the green onion diagonally, reserving the green part for use during cooking the chicken. Soak in cold water for a few minutes to remove the bitterness of the onion, then drain and put aside to use later.

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Green Onions

Whole Chicken

Onion

Water

On a chopping board, sprinkle the cucumbers with a few pinches of salt, rubbing it into the flesh, then rinse. This lessens the aroma of the cucumber and gives it a good green color. Hit the cucumbers with a pestle (if you don't have a pestle, use a bottle) and break it apart with your hands, to make uneven pieces.

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Cucumber

Salt

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Cutting Board

Mortar And Pestle

Pierce the chicken pieces with a skewer and place in a microwave-safe bowl.

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Chicken Pieces

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Microwave

Skewers

Bowl

Add the salt, pepper, and oil and then place the green part of the green onion and the crushed ginger on top. Cover and microwave on medium for 4 minutes, or until cooked. Leave to cool. Keep the juice from the chicken to use in the sesame sauce.

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Green Onions

Whole Chicken

Ginger

Pepper

Sesame Seeds

Juice

Sauce

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Microwave

Shred the chicken with your hands and place in a serving dish.

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Whole Chicken

Mix in the cucumber and put the chopped green onion on top.

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Green Onions

Cucumber

Mix all the ingredients for the sesame sauce in a small bowl and pour over the chicken and cucumber.

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Cucumber

Whole Chicken

Sesame Seeds

Sauce

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Bowl

Gomadare — meaning "dressed with sesame sauce" — can be made either with ready-made sesame paste or, more traditionally, by grinding toasted sesame seeds to a rough paste in a suribachi (pestle and mortar). Tahini, a Greek-style sesame paste is a reasonable and easily available substitute, but as it is not made from toasted sesame there is a slight difference in flavor. Unsweetened peanut butter is another possible substitute.

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Peanut Butter