This month’s Secret Recipe Club not only gave me an alternative to the local takeout restaurant but also one of my new favorite blogs – A Tale of One Foodie’s Culinary Adventures. Erin’s blog is chock full of some seriously delicious recipes that it was so hard to choose just one. I promise that if you bookmark her, you will visit her site time and time again for culinary inspiration. Some recipes I have bookmarked to try are these luscious Lemon Meringue Cupcakes, intriguing Parmesan and Pepper Biscotti and these Italian Stuffed Mushrooms with Pancetta that will be featured at my next soiree. She had me at the mere mention of pancetta!
She also provided me with a recipe that solved my takeout dilemma. See – every week, I normally order Sesame Chicken from a local Chinese restaurant so when I saw that she had a super simple Sesame Ginger Chicken could come to life from a few simple pantry ingredients, how could I not give it a shot, right? Well, after making this, I have come to the conclusion that this Sesame Ginger Chicken will kick any take-out version and it’s much healthier as it’s baked – not fried. The sauce is a sweet and spicy that doesn’t feel glopped on like the takeout version and, served with your favorite rice, this Sesame Ginger Chicken will have you throwing out those old takeout menus for good.
Many thanks to Erin for letting us share in her culinary adventures!
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons of reduced sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 cup of honey
- 3 garlic cloves, grated
- 1 tablespoon of peeled grated ginger
- Zest of one orange
- Juice of 1-2 medium oranges (about 1/3 cup)
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon (around 2 tablespoons)
- 1 small dried red chili, seeds removed and torn
- 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Directions
- In a small bowl, combine the sesame oil, soy sauce, honey, grated garlic, grated ginger, orange zest, orange juice, lemon juice and red chili.
- Microwave for about 45 seconds until the honey is melted. Stir and set aside to cool for a second.
- In a large plastic bag, add the chicken breasts and follow with the marinade.
- Seal the bag and mix the chicken with the marinade until everything is coated.
- Put inside a baking dish and place in the fridge to marinate for 2 hours or overnight.
- When you are ready to bake the chicken, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and remove the chicken from the refrigerator.
- Pour the chicken and the marinade into a large baking dish and bake for 45 minutes, making sure to baste the chicken a few times during baking.
- When the chicken is baked, remove the chicken from the baking dish and tent with foil.
- In a medium sauce pan, pour the pan juices and bring to a furious boil.
- Let boil for 10 minutes until the mixture becomes a thick glossy sauce.
- To serve, place one of the chicken breasts over some rice and coat with the sauce.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Slightly Adapted From A Tale Of One Foodie's Culinary Adventures
Gather the Ingredients
Make the Marinade
Time to let the chicken rest for a spell.
Fresh from the oven
Bringing the Sauce to a Furious Boil
Sorry local delivery – this is my new Sesame Ginger Chicken now
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Twitter: erink_13
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Soooo glad you enjoyed my blog! That sesame ginger chicken is one of my favs! Thanks for your kind words about my blog!
Erin recently posted..Penne Alla Salsiccia for Secret Recipe Club
Erin – your blog rocks. There are some seriously amazing recipes on there – it was hard not to comment this month
Thanks for dropping by.
I think my family would love this! It looks so good!
Our Eating Habits recently posted..Pineapple Roasted Vegetables
I can attest – no leftovers for this chicken – it was that good!
Twitter: one_curly_fry
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Oh this looks delicious! I could probably try this out in my Multi-Cooker!
jen recently posted..Easy Chicken Enchiladas
I don’t see why not
Wow, what a tasty looking dish. It will be on my menu soon. Great SRC pick. It is so fun to find new blogs that are full of delicious dishes.
Twitter: whats4dinnerma
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This looks amazing and something the whole family would love. Can’t wait to give it a try. So glad to be in the SRC club and to meet great foodie bloggers like you!
Lots of yummy love,
Alex aka Ma What’s For Dinner
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Twitter: catholicKitchen
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You cant go wrong with chicken it is so versatile. Yours looks great. Thanks for sharing with us.
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Twitter: thefreshmancook
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Sesame Chicken smells so good, and yours looks fantastic. I’m happy you liked my take on your slow cooked carnitas! We just loved them! Thanks for such a great recipe!
winner, winner, sesame ginger chicken dinner!
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Twitter: whatnowandwhy
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I’m so glad to have met you at Bloggy Bootcamp! Just when I felt like I’ve come to the end of the chicken (feeling like I’ve done everything there is to it), I met you and your blog and found this: a new chicken recipe! So thanks for that and you can bet I’ll be back (to finish stalking your archives).
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Hi! I still am recovering from BBC – so much information and so many fabulous bloggers to meet
Feel free to stalk the archives 
You’ll find some good ones. I’m heading over to see your surviving Space Camp!
Twitter: foodnessg
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Looks fantastic and right up my street for choice
Great SRC post.
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Twitter: tandysinclair
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This sounds divine! I could have this for dinner once a week as well
Tandy recently posted..Lemon Garlic Linguine with Mascarpone and Prawns For The Secret Recipe Club
Thankfully I had two local takeouts so I’d alternate – you know things are bad when they come to to the door and know the name of the SousPug *LOL*
This was so much better than theirs.
I prefer to make Asian food at home if I have a good recipe for a favorite dish. This looks fantastic! Love the name of your blog.
Cathy at Wives with Knives recently posted..Thai Coconut Chicken for the Secret Recipe Club
Thank you Cathy! I have to say the same for yours – Wives with Knives is genius!!!
Sounds Yumm, I’m sure Jason(my husband) would love it for dinner.
Whoa! This looks incredible! It’s incredibly hard to get my family to eat chicken, but I’m sure it worth making a mess in the kitchen…gonna try for it!