Walnut Sesame-Seed Chicken

Name: Walnut Sesame-Seed Chicken (桃仁芝麻炸鷄片)
Yield: Serves 6 as a single appetizer; more with an assortment.
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 egg white, lightly beaten; 5 tablespoons unroasted sesame seeds; 1 teaspoon salt; Roasted salt-pepper, optional; 1 pound chicken breast, boned and skinned; ¼ pound walnuts; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 4 cups oil

桃仁芝麻炸鷄片

Preparation info

Serves
6
as a single appetizer .

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

While Westerners usually use bread crumbs for a crunchy effect, the Chinese make more use of nuts. The following recipe makes wonderful finger food when cut fine after frying.

Ingredients

¼ pound walnuts
5 tablespoons unroasted sesame seeds
1

Asia
China
Starter
Gluten-free

Method

Blanch the walnuts: pour boiling water over them and let them soak 5 minutes. Then peel off any brown skin. Rock-mince them until fine and mix them with the sesame seeds on a plate.

Freeze the chicken if you have the time; this makes cutting easier. Then slice the breasts crosswise into thin but wide pieces by tilting your knife to get a larger surface.

Put the chicken slices in