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Bang Bang Chicken (Chicken with Sesame Sauce)
Serves 2 · About 30 min (10 min of this is just letting it cool)
Chicken breast steamed in the microwave, shredded by hand, and eaten with cucumber, tomato and sesame sauce.
① Steam the chicken in the microwave→② Let sit and cool→③ Cut the vegetables→④ Make the sesame sauce→⑤ Arrange on a plate
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How to make it
1
Steam the chicken in the microwave
- On the cutting board, make 2–3 shallow cuts in the thick part of the chicken with a knife (helps it cook evenly)
- After cutting, wash the cutting board, knife and your hands with dish soap (you'll use them for the cooked chicken in step 2 and the raw vegetables in step 3)
- Put the chicken on a heatproof plate, sprinkle a pinch of salt on both sides and pour 1 tbsp sake over
- Cover loosely with plastic wrap and microwave at 600 W for 3 minutes. Take out, turn over, cover again and microwave 2 minutes
How to tell it's doneThe whole surface of the meat is white.
Be carefulThe plate and steam are hot when you take it out. Use a cloth or oven mitts, and open the plastic wrap from the side away from your face.
2
Leave it as is to cool
- Leave for 10 minutes with the wrap on (the leftover heat cooks it through)
- On the cutting board, cut the thickest part in half and look inside
- When it's cool enough to touch, tear it by hand into thin strips about 5 mm wide. Save the juice left on the plate
How to tell it's doneThe cut side is white all over with no pink. If there is still pink, cover and microwave 30 seconds at a time, and check the same way.
3
Cut the vegetables
- On the cutting board, slice the cucumber thinly at an angle, then stack the slices and cut into thin strips
- Remove the stem from the tomato, cut it in half, then into 5 mm thick half-moon slices
How to tell it's doneThe cucumber is in thin sticks and the tomato in even half-moons.
4
Make the sesame sauce
- Put 2 tbsp sesame paste in a small bowl, and add 1 tbsp sugar, 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp vinegar and 1 tsp sesame oil
- Add 1 tbsp of the chicken juice you saved in step 2 and mix well with a spoon
How to tell it's doneNo lumps of sesame paste. Smooth enough that it falls slowly off a spoon.
5
Arrange on a plate
- Line up the tomato at the front of the plate and spread the cucumber in the middle
- Put the chicken on top of the cucumber
- Pour the sesame sauce over right before eating
ReadyThe chicken is piled on the vegetables with the sesame sauce poured over.
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If it didn't work out
The chicken is dryMicrowaved too long. Next time, after 3 min + 2 min, let the resting time finish cooking it.
The inside was pinkThe meat was thick. Add 30 seconds at a time, cutting to check each time.
The sauce is too thick to mixThe sesame paste was cold. Add chicken juice or water 1 tsp at a time and mix.
WateryWater came out of the vegetables. Pour the sauce on right before eating.
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