Sesame chicken is a deep fried crispy chicken glazed in a sweet, savoury sauce and toasted sesame seeds. It’s a very popular Chinese takeaway dish in United States and loved by many people.
You can easily make this restaurant quality sesame chicken at home with this recipe. Super delicious and incredibly easy to make with simple basic ingredients. Serve with a bowl of steamed rice or stir-fry noodle and make it a perfect dinner meal.
First of all, cut chicken into small medium bite size pieces. Add all the ingredients from the chicken marinade list, mix well and marinate for 15 minutes.
In a small mixing bowl add all the ingredients from the sauce mix and mix well. Set aside.
Add one egg white into the marinated chicken and mix well.
After mixing with egg white, coat the chicken pieces with corn/potato flour and toss the excess flour out before frying.
Heat the oil into high heat about 350° F. Add the chicken pieces and deep fry 2-3 mins. Remove from oil and set aside.
Heat the wok, pour the sauce mixture and bring it to boil with medium high heat.
Add the fried chicken pieces. Stir well with medium high heat for few seconds.
Add the tosted sesame seeds and spring onions and stir well.
Garnish with extra sesame seeds and cut spring onions. Crispy Sesame Chicken is ready! Serve immediately.
Sesame Chicken
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 300 g Boneless chicken thigh/breast
- 1 cup Potato /Corn flour
- 2 tbsp Toasted sesame seeds
- 2-3 Spring Onions
- 1 Egg white
- Oil for frying
Marinate for Chicken
- 1 tsp Sesame Oil
- 1 tbsp Light Soy Sauce
- 1 tsp Garlic paste
- ¼ tsp Baking soda
- ½ tsp Sugar
- ¼ tsp Black pepper
Sauce
- 2 tbsp Honey
- 2 tbsp Light soy sauce
- 2 tbsp Ketchup
- 1 tbsp Sesame Oil
- 1 tbsp Brown/white sugar
- 1 tbsp Vinegar
- 3 tbsp Water
Instructions
- Cut chicken into small medium bite size pieces. Add all the ingredients from the chicken marinate list, mix well and marinate for 15 minutes.
- In a small mixing bowl add all the ingredients from the sauce mix and mix well. Set aside.
- Add one egg white into the marinated chicken and mix well. Coat the chicken pieces with Corn/potato flour and toss the excess flour out before frying.
- Heat the oil into high heat about 350o F. Add the coated chicken pieces and deep fry for 2-3 mins till chicken turn into light golden brown. Remove from oil and set aside.
- Heat the wok, add the sauce mixture and bring it to boil with medium high heat.
- Add the fried chicken pieces. Stir well with medium high heat for few seconds.
- Add the tosted sesame seeds and spring onions and stir well.
- Garnish with extra sesame seeds and cut spring onions.
- Crispy Sesame Chicken is ready! Serve immediately.
- Perfect with a bowl of steamed rice or a stir-fry noodle. Enjoy!
2 comments
Looks delicious, could you bake the chicken instead first?
Yes, you can bake or air fry it. Spray or brush a bit of cooking oil before you bake in oven.