Sesame Chicken Points - yet another use for a Rotisserie Chicken

We had a small get together with some friends recently.  People were going to be arriving in shifts.  One couple early and another arriving an hour later.  I was pondering something light and different to serve with drinks for the "early" couple.  I was reminded of a recipe I wanted to try during shrimp week (earlier this month, I posted a different shrimp recipe every day for a week).  the idea came from an appetizer I used to get at a favorite Thai Restaurant when I lived in NYC a couple decades ago.  The restaurant was located next to a favorite bookstore, I would go in, buy a book and head next door to eat.  More often then not, i would sit at the bar which had a view of the kitchen (in sight it must be right - right?).


Didn't have any shrimp left, but I did have my beloved rotisserie chicken... Stop me if you've heard this... fully cooked and seasoned rotisserie chicken cost $6, while a whole raw chicken costs $10, but I digress...


Actually, what I had was a chicken carcass that I was getting ready to make chicken stock with the next morning.  I was down to the bones.  But even the best cleaned out bird has enough chicken to make these.  All I needed was about 1/2 cup of chicken.  I was going to run it through my chopper, so no need for nice presentation pieces, just the dregs...

Here's what to do...


1/2 cup minced cooked Chicken (shrimp would work fine as well)
1 TBS Olive Oil (I had some garlic infused oil that worked fine)
1 TBS minced Onion
3 cloves minced Garlic


And run through the chopper until you have a paste.


And I also topped with a few Green Onion slices
and a sprinkling of a mixture of White Sesame Seeds, Black Sesame Seeds and Sea Salt.  1/2 tsp each


We are going to fry this, so enough Canola Oil to fill 1/8th inch in the bottom of your pan.


You also need some Pizza Dough.  


I had some in the freezer from my adventures with... Pizza Napoletana - Bread Baker's Apprentice #11.  This has now been added to my dough day, when I fill my freezer with a few bags of dough that I will use throughout the week.  Pizza Napoletana dough is always in my freezer now.  But you can use your own favorite pizza dough recipe.  I believe, even a pre-made pizza crust would work.


Here's how to cook the points...

• Roll out a small pizza round.  I made 2 rounds from the dough ball I had in the freezer (oh yeah, allow 3 hours for the dough to reach room temp).  The dough should be rolled out just a bit thick, 1/4 inch.
•  Next, top each with the half of the chicken paste you made.
• Top with the green onions and a pinch of the sesame seed/sea salt mixture
• cut the raw dough into slices
• Fry the separated slices chicken side down for a couple minutes, till you get that beautiful brown color.
• flip and cook the other side.
• sprinkle some more of the sesame seed/sea salt mixture, so you get some toasted flavor as well as the fresh flavor of sesame and salt.
• Serve warm

Except for thawing the pizza dough, and setting up Mise en Place bowls, these took 5 minutes to prepare.  They are fun to do while guests are watching, and very dramatic looking and a unique taste.


A GREAT item to serve to guests with a frozen rum drink... 


And a fine thing to serve to your wife if she has a particularly good day at work and made a difference.


And yet another use for a rotisserie chicken!


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