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Healthy Sesame Chicken Recipe

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This Healthy Sesame Chicken recipe features tender, sautéed chicken cubes coated in a flavorful, homemade sesame sauce with hints of ginger, garlic, and lime, served alongside green beans and white rice for a well-rounded meal.

Ingredients

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Main Ingredients

  • 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into 1 inch cubes
  • 1/2 tablespoon avocado oil

For the Sauce:

  • 1/4 cup coconut aminos
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 tablespoon garlic cloves minced
  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon lime zest (zest of one lime)
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice (juice of one lime)
  • 1 tablespoons sesame seeds for garnish

Optional For Serving

  • 2 cups cooked green beans
  • 1 cup cooked white rice

Instructions

  1. Prep Chicken and Sides: Prep your chicken by cutting into small cubes. Cook white rice and green beans according to directions.
  2. Cook Chicken: In a pan, heat avocado oil for 1 minute. Add chicken to the pan and sauté chicken over medium high heat until browned on all sides, approximately 10-12 minutes.
  3. Make Sauce: While chicken is cooking, whisk together the sauce.
  4. Cook Sauce: Once chicken is cooked, remove from the pan + set aside. Pour sauce mixture into the hot pan (no need to clean it!) and cook for 3-5 minutes over medium high heat until it starts to bubble, stirring consistently. The sauce will thicken quickly, but be careful to watch that it doesn’t burn.
  5. Combine and Serve: Add cooked chicken back into the pan and coat in sauce. Serve sesame chicken over cooked rice and green beans.

Notes

  • Be careful to watch the sauce as it thickens to prevent burning.

Find it online: https://yumfoodusa.com/healthy-sesame-chicken-recipe/