Chicken and Sesame Dumplings

Submitted by dicentra

"From Every Day with Rachael Ray December-January 2009. Sort of an Asian Chicken n Dumplings."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 1⁄2 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
• 3⁄4 cup thinly sliced scallion
• 1⁄4 cup sesame seeds, toasted, plus more for sprinkling
• 1 (10 ounce) bag frozen peas

directions

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Transfer the chicken to a plate to cool, then remove the meat from the bones; discard the bones.
4. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, stir together the eggs, breadcrumbs, 1/2 cup scallions, sesame seeds and 1 teaspoon salt.
5. Drop 12 heaping tablespoons of the mixture into the simmering broth, cover and cook for 10 minutes.
6. 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.
7. Serve in the soup bowls with the dumplings; sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup scallions and the extra sesame seeds on top.