A Kivu Chicken Recipe

A few summers ago, we made this recipe (a lot!) at Camp Kivu for the campers...After going through recipes the other day, I wanted to share a few of the favorites from camp...This is a much lower fat sesame chicken recipe than Chinese restaurants, being that it is not fried.  Along with the healthy component, this recipe is SUPER easy. I have to laugh every time I read my camp recipes and see how much we had to increase the recipes to serve 300+ campers....to give you an idea, we multiplied this recipe x 70!:-)
Hope you enjoy!

  Sesame Chicken

Serves 4-6

INGREDIENTS

6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

1/4 cup honey

1/4 cup soy sauce (tamari for GF)

1/2 cup water

1 T cornstarch

1/2 -1 tsp ground ginger

Pinch of garlic powder, to taste

1/2 -1 tsp red pepper flakes (we used cayenne)

1 T toasted sesame seeds

DIRECTIONS

1. Cut chicken breast into 1 inch strips.

2.  Head a large non-stick skillet that has been sprayed with cooking spray, over med-high heat.

3.  Cook chicken for about 6 mins, or until no longer pink.

4.  Mix together honey, soy sauce, water, corn starch, ginger, garlic powder and red pepper flakes.

5.  Whisk until no corn starch lumps appear.

6.  Pour sauce mixture into skillet with chicken.

7.  Cook until sauce thickens slightly.

8.  If sauce is too thick, add a little more water.

9.  Cover and simmer for 10 mins or until chicken starts to soak up sauce.

Garnish wish sesame seeds, and serve atop a bed of brown rice and veggies.

Enjoy!!!

Recipe Tips:

*This recipe is gluten free; make sure to buy gluten free soy sauce (also called Tamari).  La Choy brand soy sauce (lite) is gluten free as well, but will not state it on the label.

*When using any soy sauce, always look for the lite version, as it will have about 1/2 the amount of sodium as regular soy sauce.

*I like to add fresh broccoli to this recipe...You could add strips of bell peppers or any veggie of choice!

*Make lettuce wraps with iceberg lettuce leaves...Simply fill lettuce with chicken & veggie mixture!

*I like to double or triple the sauce recipe to have enough to pour over the rice and veggies!

Picture taken from onlinerecipes.com