Ginger Sesame Chicken

We had this last night. It was remarkably similar to the recipe we had last week. Oh well. They were both good. This one is from Simple & Delicious July/August 2009.

Ginger Sesame Chicken
1 tbsp cornstarch
3/4 cup chicken broth
2 tbsp sesame seeds
2 tbsp maple syrup
4 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp pepper
1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
2 tbsp olive oil, divided
1 cup chopped green pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
Hot cooked rice

In a small bowl, combine first seven ingredients until blended; set aside. In a large skillet or wok (maybe these things are more popular than I realized), stir-fry chicken in 1 tbsp oil for 4-6 minutes or until no longer pink. Remove and keep warm. Stir fry green pepper and onion in remaining oil for 2 minutes. Stir cornstarch mixture and add to the pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Add chicken; heat through. Serve with rice. 4 servings

Instead of green pepper and onion, I made this with the rest of the stir fry vegetables from last week. Probably why these two recipes seemed so similar to me. I gave just chicken to Nathan & Emma, they both ate all the chicken so that was definitely good. For Sam, I made his just like I made ours: rice, topped with the chicken and vegetables. He was like "broccoli????" I told him to pick around it like I was going to do. He traded his broccoli to Steve for sugar snap peas. Then he ate all that was on his plate. So overall this was a good one. Another keeper.