341 black sesame recipes

Korean beef lettuce wraps: thin sirloin marinated in soy, sesame, garlic, ginger, and chilli bean sauce, then seared hot and tucked into chilled lettuce cups with rice and a soy-chilli dip. Build-your-own and easily gluten-free.

Chicken mole poblano with a rich sauce of cocoa, almonds, raisins, sesame seeds, and warm spices. Browned chicken simmers in a complex blended mole and served over rice.

Spinach Mushroom Lasagna with Miso and Tahini recipe

This is a great dinner side dish to accompany almost any kind of meat, poultry, or fish. Or serve for lunch with a salad.

Here's a recipe for Chow Mein which is a pretty classic application using pan fried noodles.

Buttermilk-marinated chicken strips get coated in sesame-studded breadcrumbs and baked until golden, served with tangy plum preserves sauce spiked with horseradish and mustard.

Baked couscous casserole with black beans, corn, roasted red peppers, and creamy ricotta, served over fresh spinach. A hearty vegetarian one-dish dinner for six.

Wild pecan rice salad with chicken pairs nutty Louisiana wild pecan rice with cubed chicken, avocado, cherry tomatoes, and toasted pecans. Finished with a creamy chickpea-sesame vinaigrette.

Traditional Chinese hot and sour soup with shredded pork, wood ears, black mushrooms, tofu, bamboo shoots, and silky egg ribbons. Thickened with cornstarch and spiced with white pepper and chili oil.

Herb-packed chickpea falafel patties loaded with cumin, basil, marjoram, thyme, and tahini, pan-fried until golden brown and stuffed into whole wheat pita pockets with fresh veggies.

Pork and oyster egg roll filling with mushrooms, red pepper, scallions, and a drizzle of sesame oil. Stir-fried fast, loaded with umami, and ready to wrap.

Steamed stuffed bitter melon with seasoned pork, water chestnuts, and ginger, finished with a garlicky fermented black bean sauce. A classic Cantonese home-style dish.

Fantastic and can leave ingredients out or subsitute and still fabulous. Excellent for lunches on toasted bagels or crackers for a party. I have made this several times and it is always a hit!!!

General Tso's chicken made with dark-meat thighs: crispy-fried pieces tossed in a ginger-scallion soy sauce with chili paste, rice vinegar, and sesame oil finish.

Chicken in fermented black bean sauce made entirely in the microwave with garlic, ginger, sherry, sesame oil, and chili paste. A Chinese takeout favorite ready in 30 minutes.

Naturally very low in fat, prawns also contain beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and are a good source of protein. The spices used in the curry are powerful anti-virals, anti-bacterials and anti-inflammatories.