Sesame Oil Chicken Update

While I was googling Sesame Oil Chicken, I found out that it’s normally eaten with mi^h sua^h (麵線), so that’s what I did next.. :p Below are the pictures of what I ended up with.

I cooked some of those Japanese style thin noodles in a combination of water and chicken broth, cut some pieces of chicken and poured both broths (chicken & sesame) over the noodles.

With, of course, the obligatory close-up picture.

Sesame Oil Chicken (麻油雞)

When I wandered into the kitchen to find food to eat, I remembered I had defrosted chicken thighs, so I took it out to prep it.  That’s when I realized it wasn’t boneless… oops.  I originally planned to cut it up, marinate, and stir fry but I wasn’t about to go through all the work of cutting around bone!

Long story short, I cooked them whole and the sesame oil sitting on my counter called out to me so I added it in.. the oil smelled so good, I ended up making some variation of sesame oil chicken. :p

I googled a couple recipes while it was cooking and ended up adding both rice wine and green onions.

The rest of the ingredients were fairly intuitive so I had added them already (ginger, soy sauce, water, sesame oil), along with my own creative additions (salt rubbed on chicken before frying, pepper, and a dash of sugar to bring out the sweetness of the chicken).

Here are a couple pictures of “professional” ones in Taiwan as a reference.

Yes, my pieces of chicken were clearly way bigger and they pulled the ginger out on the sides of the bowls as decoration.

They also don’t have any green onion…I thought there weren’t either but I figured it couldn’t hurt to combine recipes.  They are actually a nice touch, taste-wise.

I should get one of those fancy bowls too so I can make it look all cool and traditional looking.

Note to self: less oil, bigger pieces of ginger, and smaller pieces of chicken for next time.

UPDATE: I know the link to the second picture disappeared.. appparently that website was revamped… and is still a work-in-progress.. I don’t want to remove the picture until I find a replacement picture because it will ruin the whole format, so bear with me. =)