Chicken Fries and the Sesame Seed Flour Experiment

It was 8:30 p.m. and I was staring at the chicken breast that I had taken out earlier to defrost for supper. I was thinking to eat or not to eat? I’m having one of those days where I’m just not hungry!!! One of the wonderful and sometimes annoying benefits of a low carb diet. I often ponder should you force yourself to eat or just let your stomach tell you?

I decided to cook the chicken. My plan was to make chicken nuggets with almond flour. I looked in my fridge where I store my nut flours. NO almond flour. I live in two places so I often forget what I have in stock in one fridge verses the other one. Then the thought came to me. Sesame seeds! Use sesame seeds as a coating. I have a huge bag of sesame seeds that I bought from the Bulk Barn and I still haven’t used any of them. Then I had a second flash of brilliance, why not try to make flour out of the sesame seeds! I pulled out my nut (coffee) grinder and got to work. Let me share a secret, and don’t laugh. The grinder terrifies me! Everytime I press the button I jump. It’s the noise and the stuff inside jumping all around, it makes me feel like the thing is going to explode.

I survived the grinder. I seasoned the flour with my favourite spices and breaded the chicken. Watched it cook, expecting it to fail somehow. I tasted the finished product and WOW! I prefer it over the almond flour coating. In the words of Kelly The Happy Texan, definitely good eats!

I ran a test on fatsecret.com to compare the two flours.

Fat(g) Carbs(g) Fiber(g) Net C(g)Prot(g) KCals

¼ cup almond flour 14.00 6.00 3.0 3.00 6.00 160

¼ cup sesame seeds 18.00 9.76 6.3 3.46 6.36 213

Result, sesame seeds are higher in carbs than almond flour but not by much. Consider it a great alternative for someone who is allergic to nuts. Sesame seeds are CHEAP! With that being said, I plan on using this flour a lot more in the future.

Sesame Seed Chicken Fries Recipe:

· 1 uncooked chicken breast cut into strips

· ½ cup of sesame seeds

· 2 tsp of cayenne

· 1 tbsp of onion powder

· 1 tsp of garlic powder

· Dash of sea salt

· 1 whisked egg

Instructions:

1. Grind the sesame seeds in a grinder.