Roasted Sesame Crusted Chicken



Original is a Green Chef recipe.  Serve with rice and sauted broccoli.  For a vegan option, press sesame seeds onto tofu. 

4 chicken breasts
2 tbsp black & white sesame seeds (or white, if that's all you have)
Coconut Tamari Peanut Sauce (see below for a recipe to try)
  1. Preheat oven to 400F.
  2. Spread sesame seeds in an even layer on a plate. Season both sides of the chicken with salt & pepper. Press one side of the chicken breast into the sesame seeds to coat.
  3. Heat about 2 tbsp oil in a large high sided saute pan over medium heat. Add chicken to hot pan, seed-side down.  Sear 3 minutes on each side.
  4. Transfer chickent o lightly oiled foil lined baking sheet, seed-side up.  Roast 10-12 minutes or until the chicken is fulll cooked (165F internal temp).
  5. When ready to serve, cut each chicken breast into 6-8 slices, on the diagonal. Drizzle with Coconut Tamari Peanut Sauce.
Coconut Tamari Peanut Sauce
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter.
1/2 cup Silk Unsweetened Coconutmilk (definitely use boxed coconut milk instead of canned)
2 Tbsp soy or tamari sauce.
2 Tbsp fresh lime juice.
1 clove garlic, finely minced.
1/2 tsp toasted sesame oil.
2-3 tsp hot sauce (such as Sriracha)
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