How To Make Sesame Chicken
This sesame chicken is tossed in a sweet and flavorful sauce made with honey, soy sauce, and ketchup with rice vinegar and toasted sesame oil.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Chicken:
- 1½lbchicken breasts,boneless, skinless, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 2eggs,beaten
- salt and pepper,to taste
- ½cupall-purpose flour
- ½cupcornstarch
- oil,for frying
For Sauce:
- 1tspvegetable oil
- 1tspfresh garlic,minced
- ¼cuphoney
- ⅓cupsoy sauce,reduced sodium if possible
- ½cupketchup
- 3tbspbrown sugar
- 2tbsprice vinegar
- 1tbsptoasted sesame oil
- 2tspcornstarch
- 2tbspsesame seeds
- 2tbspgreen onions,sliced
Instructions
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Place the eggs, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Stir to combine.
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Place the flour and cornstarch in a shallow bowl or on a plate. Stir to combine.
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Dip each piece of chicken into the egg mixture, then into the flour. Repeat the process with all of the chicken.
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Heat 3 inches of oil in a deep pan to 350 degrees F.
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Add 7 to 8 pieces of chicken to the pan. Cook for 5 minutes or until crispy and golden brown. Repeat the process with the remaining chicken.
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Drain the chicken on paper towels.
Sauce:
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While the chicken is cooking, combine the honey, soy sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and cornstarch in a bowl.
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Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
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Add the honey sauce mixture and bring to a simmer. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until just thickened.
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Add the crispy chicken to the pan and toss to coat with the sauce. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and green onions, then serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 459.28kcal
- Fat: 19.56g
- Saturated Fat: 4.30g
- Trans Fat: 0.14g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8.77g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.16g
- Carbohydrates: 42.28g
- Fiber: 1.17g
- Sugar: 20.45g
- Protein: 28.62g
- Cholesterol: 125.89mg
- Sodium: 1055.41mg
- Calcium: 69.28mg
- Potassium: 442.09mg
- Iron: 2.53mg
- Vitamin A: 56.52µg
- Vitamin C: 1.41mg
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