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    Sesame Chicken with Apple Carrot Slaw

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    Sesame Chicken with Apple-carrot Slaw will make dinnertime oh, so easy and delicious. In-season apples are a mix of tart and sweet, crunchy and juicy. They go perfectly with its Sesame Ginger dressing.  The whole family will love this simple fall dinner.


    Sesame Chicken with Apple Carrot Slaw on lighted background

    I love breading chicken with crunchy panko. Those Japanese-style breadcrumbs make for a perfectly crisp coating. I added sesame seeds into the coating for some fun variation to make it sesame chicken! Served with an apple, carrot and jicama salad, it's divine.

    Sliced Sesame Chicken with Apple Carrot Slaw

    Fall is in the air for sure, but I still want summer-fresh dinners that aren't too heavy. Stews, soups and casseroles will come soon enough! This chicken is baked so it's even more light and healthy. No frying in oil and making a mess. (Although I often welcome that mess because it's equally delicious pan-fried).

    Sesame Chicken with Apple Carrot Slaw Ingredients

    Simple ingredients like scallions, jicama, apples and carrots make the slaw. Now listen, I didn't slice and cut all of these with a knife. I used a mandolin. I like two kinds. One is this Japanese version and the other is a simple hand held version by Oxo.

    OXO Good Grips Adjustable HandHeld Mandoline Slicer
    Benriner Japanese Mandolin Vegetable Slicer

    At work we call the Japanese version by it's brand name. Someone will yell out "I need the Benriner!" and we know it's the mandolin. Before I figured that out I was always so confused at what they were asking for! LOL. Both work really well for making thin julienned strips and slices of veggies and fruits.

    The kids may not be able to wield the mandolin just yet, but they'll have a blast helping with sesame chicken breading, and the older ones could make the Sesame Dressing by themselves! Speaking of the dressing - my favorite whisk for making vinaigrettes and dressings is a flat, u-shaped whisk.

    Linden Sweden Flat Whisk, Black

    Whisks like these fit right in the bottom of a bowl and there's less work involved and you stir together all of the ingredients.

    Sesame Chicken with Apple Carrot Slaw in a Plate

    This is one of the images I took in the test kitchen when I was developing the recipes. I used shallots here instead of scallions. Later I changed it to green onions for variety with the other recipes in the story. Either way it's delicious and I want you to feel free to mix and match whatever you want into this crunchy apple slaw.

    Close up of Sesame Chicken with Apple Carrot Slaw recipe image

    Sesame Chicken with Apple-carot slaw

    Tara Teaspoon
    The slaw is delicious, the chicken is tasty, but the sesame dressing is amazing! You may want to make double for a salad the next day.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 40 mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Asian
    Servings 4 servings

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup panko bread crumbs
    • 3 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds plus extra for salad
    • ¼ teaspoon cayenne
    • 2 teaspoon kosher salt
    • 1 tablespoon melted butter
    • 4 chicken cutlets
    • 1 Red apple
    • 2 medium Carrots grated or julienned
    • 2 Scallions sliced
    • ½ medium Jicama peeled and julienned
    • ⅓ cup Flat-leaf parsley chopped

    Sesame Ginger Dressing

    • Whisk together:
    • 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
    • 4 teaspoon sugar
    • ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
    • 5 tablespoon canola oil
    • 2 teaspoon sesame oil
    • ½ teaspoon sriracha hot sauce.

    Instructions
     

    • Heat oven to 400ºF. In a shallow bowl mix together bread crumbs, sesame seeds, cayenne, salt and butter. Dip chicken cutlets into beaten egg, then into panko mixture.
    • Bake on a foil-lined baking pan until golden and cooked through, about 12 min. Slice to serve with slaw.
    • Combine sliced apple, julienned or grated carrot, thinly sliced scallions, julienned jicama, chopped flat-leaf parsley and toasted sesame seeds for the slaw. Serve chicken on top with Sesame Dressing.

    Notes

    Using your mandolin makes for simple prep!
    Want to watch videos to show you how to cook?Check out our Youtube and try this recipe and more.

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    Recipe by Tara Teaspoon, Photographer Yunhee Kim, Food Stylist Paul Grimes, Originally published LHJ August 2011

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    Filed Under: Chicken and Poultry, Dressing Recipes, Main Dish, Salads Tagged With: apple, carrot, chicken, chicken cutlets, dinner, easy dinner, jicama, panko crumbs, sesame ginger dressing, sesame seeds

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    1. Mary says

      July 19, 2018 at 12:16 pm

      I love the fact that this chicken is baked!

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