sesame chicken in orange sauce (ga me sot cam)

Ingredients:

• 1 pound boneless chicken breasts, cut into small cubes
• 1 tbsp. flour
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. pepper
• ½ tsp. sugar
• 1 cup orange juice
• 2 tbsp. fish sauce
• 1 tbsp. honey
• ½ tsp. cornstarch
• 2 tbsp. oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• ½ cup onion, coarsely chopped
• Zest from one orange
• 2 tbsp. sesame seeds
• 1 orange, sliced ¼ inch thick
• snow peas (optional)

Preparation:

• Toss the chicken with the flour, salt, pepper, and ½ tsp. sugar
• Set aside for 10 minutes
• In a small saucepan, mix orange juice, fish sauce, honey and cornstarch
• Heat over medium heat until mixture thickens
• Heat the oil in a sauté pan until hot
• Sauté garlic and onion until light brown
• Add chicken, orange zest and sesame seeds
• Stir-fry until golden brown
• Pour orange sauce over chicken, add orange slices and simmer over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes
• To serve: place chicken in a serving dish, arranging the orange slices attractively on top
• Serve with rice & snow peas

Notes:

• we enjoyed this recipe, and would make it again.
• the snow peas were not part of the original recipe, but we think it adds a nice touch... broccoli might also be a good alternative.

Country:
vietnam

Prepared: 2010-12-07

Categories: chicken
International

Makes: 4 servings

Recipe Source: "The Vietnamese Cookbook"
by Diana My Tran