Chicken Saute with Green Bean Sesame Sauce

Chicken Saute with Green Bean Sesame Sauce

We turned sesame-dressed green beans into a sauce by finely chopping them and adding olive oil. It pairs perfectly with simple, pan-fried crispy chicken.

Cooking time
25min
Calories
760kcal
Sodium
776mg
  • Nutrition facts are for one serving.
  • Time to make Sesame-dressed green beans is not included in the cooking time.

Ingredients(Servings: 2)

Ingredients(Servings: 2)

chicken thighs

2 (400 g / 14.1 oz.)

salt

a dash

olive oil

1/2 Tbsp

ground black pepper

a dash

(A) Sesame-Dressed Green Bean Sauce

olive oil

 1 Tbsp

(B) Garnishes

potatoes (May Queen, small)

2 (240 g / 8.5 oz.)

mushrooms

8

watercress

as needed

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel the potatoes and cut them into 1 cm (0.4 in.) slices. Boil until tender, then drain. Cut the mushrooms in half vertically.

  2. 2

    Cut the green beans from the “Sesame-Dressed Green Beans” recipe into 5 mm to 1 cm (0.2 in. to 0.4 in. ) pieces. Add olive oil and mix with the sesame dressing.

    Adding olive oil
  3. 3

    Cut the connective tissue of the chicken, and sprinkle with salt. Heat olive oil in a fry pan over medium heat and place the chicken skin-side down. Press down with a spatula and cook for about 5 minutes. Flip and cook for another 3 minutes, then remove from the pan and place on a serving plate.

  4. 4

    Using the leftover fat in the pan, saute the potatoes and mushrooms until golden brown. Serve alongside the chicken with watercress. Pour the green bean sauce from Step 2 over the chicken, and sprinkle with black pepper.

Cooking Basics

Chicken thigh meat - removing sinew

Thigh meat sinew is tough and should be removed beforehand. Make a shallow 1 to 2 cm (0.4 to 0.8 in.) wide cut at a right angle into the sinew. Remove the sinew first when preparing bite-sized pieces.

  • Recipe Yuko Ihara
  • Styling Akiko Yoshioka
  • Photo Taku Kimura
  • Production Rie Okamura
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