How To Make Honey Sesame Chicken Breast (Panda Express Copycat)
Enjoy a savory Asian dish with this honey sesame chicken from Panda Express. It’s tossed in a sweet chili sauce, served with bell peppers and green beans.
Serves:
Ingredients
For the Chicken:
- 1lbchicken breast,boneless skinless, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1large egg
- ½tspsalt
- 1pinchblack pepper
- ½cupcornstarch
- ¼cupflour
- 1tbspvegetable oil,plus more for frying
For Honey Sesame Sauce:
- 1¼cupsweet chili sauce
- ¼cuphoney
- ⅓cupwater
- 2tbspwhite vinegar
- 2tbsplemon juice
- ⅛tspsalt
- 2tsplow sodium soy sauce
- 2tspcornstarch
For Finishing:
- 1lbstring beans,trimmed
- 1yellow bell pepper,sliced thinly
- 2tspsesame oil
- 1tspwhite sesame seeds
Instructions
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To coat the chicken breast, add the egg, salt, pepper, and 1 tablespoon oil into a medium bowl and whisk together well.
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In a second bowl, add ½ cup corn starch and ¼ cup flour and mix.
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In a large dutch oven or a wok, heat about 2 inches of oil to 375 degrees F.
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Dip chicken pieces in the egg mixture, then dredge in the flour mixture.
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Fry the chicken in batches for 3 to 4 minutes or until golden and crisp then remove with a slotted spatula, draining the oil well.
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To make the sauce, combine the sweet chili sauce, honey, water, white vinegar, lemon juice, salt, soy sauce, and cornstarch in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook until it thickens (don’t make the sauce in the chicken pan).
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When done with the chicken, drain most of the oil from the pan (leave about 2 tablespoons).
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Stir fry the string beans and bell pepper strips for 30 seconds, then add in the cooked chicken, sesame oil, and the honey sesame sauce and toss quickly to combine.
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Remove from heat and garnish with sesame seeds before serving.
Nutrition
- Calories: 378.51kcal
- Fat: 12.34g
- Saturated Fat: 2.76g
- Trans Fat: 0.10g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 5.60g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.98g
- Carbohydrates: 45.27g
- Fiber: 6.04g
- Sugar: 20.24g
- Protein: 20.78g
- Cholesterol: 79.38mg
- Sodium: 882.02mg
- Calcium: 64.03mg
- Potassium: 640.03mg
- Iron: 2.36mg
- Vitamin A: 80.38µg
- Vitamin C: 77.25mg
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