Chicken and Sesame Dumplings
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 12 heads garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh ginger
- 3 lbs bone-in chicken breasts
- salt and pepper
- 5 large eggs, beaten
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 34 cup thinly sliced scallion
- 14 cup sesame seeds, toasted, plus more for sprinkling
- 1 (10 ounce) bag frozen peas
- In a large Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
- Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute, then stir in the ginger and cook for 1 minute more.
- Add the chicken and 6 cups water; season with salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
- Transfer the chicken to a plate to cool, then remove the meat from the bones; discard the bones.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, stir together the eggs, breadcrumbs, 1/2 cup scallions, sesame seeds and 1 teaspoon salt.
- Drop 12 heaping tablespoons of the mixture into the simmering broth, cover and cook for 10 minutes.
- Divide the dumplings among 4 soup bowls.
- Simmer the peas in the broth for 1 minute, then return the chicken to the pot and cook until heated through.
- Serve in the soup bowls with the dumplings; sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup scallions and the extra sesame seeds on top.
vegetable oil, garlic, fresh ginger, salt, eggs, breadcrumbs, scallion, sesame seeds, frozen peas
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chicken-and-sesame-dumplings-341335 (may not work)