This Easy 20 Minute Ground Sesame Chicken is made in one pan and only takes 20 minutes to make- it’s made with lean ground chicken and a lightened up sesame sauce. It’s much healthier than any sesame chicken you’d order from a Chinese restaurant- and it’s equally delicious!
Ingredients
- 1/2 small yellow onion, diced
- 1 Tbsp or 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 lb. lean ground chicken
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
- 1/2 tsp garlic chili paste
- 1/4 cup zero point brown sugar sweetener – Lakanto Brown monkfruit or Truvia Brown Sugar
- 1/2 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- Chopped scallions and sesame seeds for garnish
Instructions
-
- Spray a large skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Heat over medium heat.
- Add onion and cook for 3 minutes or until softened. Add the garlic and cook for a minute longer.
- Add the ground chicken to the skillet and cook while breaking up into small pieces until the chicken is cooked through. Season with salt and pepper.
- In a small bowl combine garlic chili paste sauce, soy sauce, zero point brown sugar sweetener, and sesame oil. Whisk until well combined.
- Pour sauce over the ground chicken and stir to combine.
- In a separate small bowl whisk together chicken broth and cornstarch until cornstarch dissolves.
- Bring to a simmer and then add the cornstarch mixture while stirring. Continue to cook until sauce has is thickened, about 3-5 minutes.
- Serve over your favourite rice: cauliflower, jasmine, brown or white rice.
- Garnish with scallions and sesame seeds.
