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"Peanut" chicken (sun butter)

 Hi ALL! been a while, I know. I cooked today!  Which is Paulette speak for making something without actually measuring. So for today's fun, I used: approx 1 tsp sesame oil approx 1/4 cup sun butter approx 1-2 tsp soy sauce approx 1 TBS chopped pickled ginger approx 1/2 tsp mince garlic (I used the jar stuff, cuz I like it) A little sugar, since the sunbutter isn't the same kind of sweet as peanunt butter grind of pepper/salt 4 chopped chicken thighs sprinkle of corn starch vegetable oil for frying I started, of course, by looking up a recipe.  Since I've never made peanut chicken.   Found one that looked promising.  Tore apart the pantry looking for hoisin sauce, which I didn't have.  So I said forget that (not really, I was coarser).  And went with just soy sauce.  Since I didn't have teriyaki sauce either.  sigh.   I chopped up the 4 chicken thighs, and set them aside.  I put the sesame oil into a bowl, then added the s...