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This dish is a French classic, as aioli is a speciality of Provence. Many French food recipes are extremely rich and therefore not low in fat – this is no exception. For a lower fat version you could use ready made light mayonnaise, mixed with mustard, garlic and parsley – if you go this route, you can omit the egg and the olive oil from the list of ingredients.

Ingredients

1. 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
2. 4 cloves garlic
3. bunch of spring onions
4. 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
5. 1 egg
6. 6fl oz/175ml olive oil
7. juice of 1/2 lemon
8. 1/2 bunch parsley
9. 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
10. 4oz/100g quick cook noodles
11. 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
12. 4oz/100g sugar snap peas
13. 2 tablespoons mango chutney
14. salt and black pepper

Method

Cut the chicken into thin strips. Trim the spring onions and slice them diagonally, approximately the same width as the chicken. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Finely chop the parsley.

To make the aioli sauce; blend the garlic, mustard, parsley and 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a blender or food processor until creamy and smooth. Keep the blender running and add the egg, then slowly add the remaining olive oil, followed by the lemon juice. Season with salt and black pepper. Empty the mixture into a bowl and set aside in the refrigerator until required.

Heat a wok and toast the sesame seeds until golden, remove and set aside. Heat the sunflower oil and stir-fry the spring onions for 2-3 minutes. Add the chicken and stir-fry for a further 5-6 minutes until browned.

Add the noodles and peas and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes. Stir in the chutney, season and sprinkle the sesame seeds on top. Spoon the sesame chicken onto four plates and serve with the aioli sauce.

Be aware:- I should advise you that any dish containing raw egg should not be consumed by women who are pregnant, vary young children or the elderly and infirm!

Bon Appetit.

Author: J P Martin
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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Here is another text about food recipes and food habits in different nations. In my previous articles I was writing about Polish and German food recipes and eating habits. This time I would like to provide you some information about another European country and its cooking habits. This article will be about food recipes from France. Read this text to the end and I’m sure that it will provide you some additional information. Maybe you will get some new information that you didn’t know before.

There are three main dishes in France. First of them is breakfast that consist of French loaf or croissant with jam. The next breakfast ingredient is coffee or chocolate in which we can put the loaf. French people also like drinking orange juice during breakfasts. The next very important French dish is dinner (people are eating it about 2 o’clock P.M). There are many dishes during French dinner. French people are eating appetizers, than there is main dish, cheese, dessert and coffee. Soups in France are not so important and people don’t eat them a lot. There are many restaurants in France and the most popular products are cheese and wine.

There are many opinions that French cooking is the best in the world. It influenced cooking in other countries very much (especially from the west Europe). People think that French cooking is connected with frog legs, slugs, French loaf, cheese and wine. But in fact French cooking isn’t uniform. There are many French regions that preffer different food recipes. There are two main kinds of cooking in France. First of them is “high cooking” (expensive, traditional dishes prepared by famous cooks). The second kind of cooking is “new cooking” (easy and cheap dishes that can be prepared in a short time). The main rule in French cooking says that ingredients should be fresh and with high quality.

Author: Andreas Mazur
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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