Dragon Chicken with Sesame Rice
Crispy chicken in a fiery sauce with peppers and onions, served with simple, delicious sesame rice
Ingredients
For the Sesame Rice:
- 1 cup jasmine rice
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp butter
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups water
For the chicken:
- 1 lb chicken breast cut into strips
- Neutral oil for frying
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup water
For the sauce:
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp Tomato Paste
- 1 Tbsp sriracha
- 1 tsp chili garlic paste
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp cornstarch
For the stir fry:
- 1 sweet red pepper chopped
- 1/2 sweet onion chopped
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1/4 cup cashews
- Sliced scallions for serving
Instructions
- Make the sesame rice by adding the rice, sesame oil, butter, salt and water to a rice cooker and starting.*
- Mix all the sauce ingredients together and whisk until smooth. Set aside.
- To make the batter mix the flour, cornstarch, salt, egg & 3/4 cup water together in a large bowl and whisk until smooth.
- Heat about 1/2” oil for shallow frying in a heavy skillet.
- Add the chicken into the batter and mix well.
- In batches, fry the chicken until browned and cooked through, draining cooked pieces on paper towel.
- Pour off all but 2 Tbsp of the oil. Add in the onion, red pepper, cashews and garlic and stir fry for about 2 minutes.
- Add in the sauce and simmer for about 2 minutes, until thickened.
- Add in the chicken and toss well.
- Top with the rice and sliced scallions.
Notes
*If you don’t have a rice cooker you can simply make the rice on the stovetop as you normally would.
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