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Old Fri, Aug-13-04, 16:55
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I am wanting to make some low carb sesame chicken. Does anyone have any suggestions for what I can use as a substitute for the Cornstarch?
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Guar gum. You buy it in a health food store or bulk food store. It's a whitish powder.

A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY so start small. Perhaps 1/4 tsp for a cup of liquid then add more if needed. It will dissolve in either hot or cold liquids and gives the same shiny translucent look as corn starch.
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The 1/4 tsp will give you a good light sauce, a little more will give you a thicker gravy like sauce. Do start with 1/4 tsp as you can add. It has no flavor.
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Do you want the the kind where the sesame seeds to stick to the chicken?

Mix 1/2 cup of mayonnaise with 1 egg yolk and sesame oil to taste. I also like to add 2 Tbsp. of Dijon mustard. It doesn't really give a mustard-y taste but it adds a lot of zing.

Roll the chicken in the mixture, letting the excess drip off, then in the sesame seeds.

Karen
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Do you want the the kind where the sesame seeds to stick to the chicken?

Mix 1/2 cup of mayonnaise with 1 egg yolk and sesame oil to taste. I also like to add 2 Tbsp. of Dijon mustard. It doesn't really give a mustard-y taste but it adds a lot of zing.

Roll the chicken in the mixture, letting the excess drip off, then in the sesame seeds.

Karen


That's sounds great - add one more to try.
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Whoops! Forgot to add to cook the chicken afterwards.

I think it's best baked.

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