Glazed Chicken Shichimi, Black Rice Noodles
Locally pastured chicken breasts are skinned and boned, then dusted in rice flour and quickly shallow-fried in peanut oil until golden in color. The chicken is then placed in a hot oven for about 15 minutes, basted twice with a mixture of wild honey, fermented tamari, Shichimi tōgarashi and a pinch of sea salt. The finished chicken is served over organic black rice noodles and topped with chopped peanuts. The whole dish is gluten-free..
“Dating at least to the 17th century, Shichimi tōgarashi (Japanese: 七味唐辛子, “seven flavor chili pepper”) is a common Japanese spice mixture containing seven ingredients:
coarsely ground red chili pepper (the main ingredient)
ground sansho (Sichuan pepper)
roasted orange peel
black sesame seed
white sesame seed
hemp seed
ground ginger
nori or aonori
Some recipes may substitute or supplement these with poppy seed, yuzu peel, rape seed or shiso.
Shichimi should be distinguished from ichimi togarashi (一味唐辛子), which is simply ground red chili pepper, and means literally “one flavor chili pepper” (ichi meaning “one”).” –Wikipedia
Melodie said,
January 17, 2012 at 5:33 pm
this looks fantastic!
gracefullygf said,
January 17, 2012 at 5:38 pm
Looks incredible!
Steph@TheChickpeaChickadee said,
January 17, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Looks amazing!! Your food styling is fabulous! Very talented.
Brendy said,
January 18, 2012 at 8:42 am
Ren, would there be a subtle flavor difference if saffron oil was used instead of the peanut oil? Will definitely do this recipe.
Ren said,
January 18, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Do you mean /Safflower/ seed /oil? /If so then yes, that would be perfectly fine.
Shiney said,
February 26, 2012 at 1:02 am
Yum, this looks awesome. I love the color of the noodles.
Ren said,
February 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm
Thanks very much!