Sesame Chicken Thighs with Garlic Sauce
1 hour
It seems like a lot of ingredients but this Chinese chicken thigh recipe is pretty easy to make and so delicious! Serve with white rice.
2 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 clove garlic, finely diced
- 4 cups vegetable oil, for frying
- spring onions, sliced, to garnish
- Batter
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour
- 3 tablespoons cornflour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 cup cold water
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoons sesame seeds
- Garlic sauce
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 4 cloves garlic, finely diced
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, finely diced
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- pinch pepper
Directions
Preparation:45min ›
Cook:15min ›
Ready in:1hour
- Cut the thighs into bite sized pieces, not too small. In a bowl combine them with the egg yolk, 1 tablespoon soy and 1 clove garlic. Set aside.
- Sift the flour, cornflour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the water, eggs, 2 teaspoons oil and sesame seeds and mix well.
- Make the sauce: heat the 1 tablespoon oil and add garlic and ginger. Cook briefly then add stock, sugar, soy and pepper. Simmer 5 minutes.
- Heat up 4 cups of vegetable oil in a saucepan. Coat the chicken pieces with the batter then deep fry in batches until golden brown.
- In a frypan, combine the chicken and garlic sauce and heat through. Serve garnished with spring onions.
