 |
Sesame Chicken
I have whined and complained before about my plight of living without Chinese takeout. Well this is how I cope. Sesame Chicken is my favorite on the all you can eat buffet, well along with the Crab Rangoon. This is a recipe that I adapted from one my sister-in-law gave me. The secret is definitely in the sauce here. It is a fabulously sticky sweet sauce that perfectly coats the chicken and I actually like this better than takeout. I started with chicken breasts, cut them up, battered them and fried them. You could use the frozen, breaded chicken pieces, especially if you don’t have much time. This is a family favorite and I am sure you will love it too.
Recipe: Sesame Chicken
Ingredients
for chicken:
-
3 chicken breasts, cut into 1 to 1/2 chunks
-
1/2 cup milk
-
1 egg
-
1 1/2 cups flour
-
1 teaspoon salt
-
Vegetable Oil for frying
for sauce:
-
1/2 cup water
-
1 cup chicken broth
-
1/8 cup vinegar
-
1/4 cup cornstarch
-
1 cup sugar
-
2 tablespoons soy sauce
-
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
-
1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
-
2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
Cooking Directions
for chicken:
Place milk and egg in a shallow bowl and beat together. Place flour in a shallow dish, a pie plate works well, stir in salt. Dredge chicken pieces in flour, dip in egg and milk and back in flour. Heat oil (about 2 inches) in a deep skillet or Dutch oven to about 350 degrees. Fry chicken in batches until browned and chicken is cooked through. Remove to paper towel lined plate to drain.
for sauce:
In a medium sauce pan, add water, chicken broth, and vinegar. In a small bowl combine sugar and cornstarch together, stir into liquid. Add soy sauce, sesame oil and garlic. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, until it comes to a boil. Lower heat and cook just until thickened. You can pour the sauce over the chicken or dip each piece of chicken in the sauce. Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and serve it all over rice.
Enjoy!
Miss
Microformatting by hRecipe.
Share this:
|
{ 29 comments… read them below or add one }
Sesame Chicken is my all-time favorite takeout order, I can’t wait to make this
I think you will be very happy with this dish, it is so good!
Wow…your photo is stunning, Milisa! I love Chinese food, too! A few years ago I developed (seemingly overnight) life threatening shellfish allergies, so I can’t eat at Asian restaurants anymore (at the advice of my allergist). I now make Chinese food at home. It’s really not hard once you have all of the pantry ingredients on hand! Your sesame chicken looks to die for, and it is going on my “must try” list! Thanks for sharing your fabulous recipes with us, Milisa! Have a great weekend!
Kim, your allergy to shellfish is very unfortunate! How awful. I have made this many times and it is a real treat.
This looks so much better than any takeout!! YUM. Cannot wait to make this. Great picture by the way.
Thanks! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
All of your recipes looks so good, and this is no exception! I love sesame chicken…have you ever had TGI Friday’s Sesame Jack chicken–it is so good. Do you think the sauce would stick to grilled chicken? My hubby doesn’t like fried foods, and I try really hard not to like fried foods
I think it would stick to grilled chicken. I would add it at the very end, it has so much sugar it would be easy to burn. Good idea, I will have to try that. We don’t have TGI Friday’s here in the boondocks, but that sounds good!
Yum!
I, too, know the plight of living in the country…no restaurants
Have you tried the Sweet and Sour chicken from Mel @ My Kitchen Cafe? http://thepioneerwoman.com/tasty-kitchen/recipes/main-courses/sweet-and-sour-chicken-3/
It practically went viral on Tasty Kitchen because it’s SO good! That + your sesame chicken and who needs takeout?
I guess I missed the sweet and sour on TK, I will be trying it soon, Thanks!
I could eat a bowl or two of this! LOVE sesame chicken.
Sesame chicken is my favorite Chinese takeout! Great recipe!
I love the idea of using frozen breaded chicken for a super-duper quick supper. I am a huge fan of sesame chicken – Yum!
You just became my new hero.. I love sesame chicken but don’t like to order take out.. I can’t wait to try this!! Thanks for the recipe
Mmmmm I just love Sesame Chicken.
Seriously, who doesn’t love sesame chicken? Chinese food like this is, in my opinion, some serious comfort food. Anything fried is, though, I suppose. Your chicken looks bright and beautiful. Well done!
Thanks again Miss!! I was at a loss for supper options tonight, until I remembered seeing this recipe. I made your sesame sauce and poured it on some leftover roasted chicken and a package of stir fry veggies. Served it all over rice and it turned out perfect! Was the exact pick-me-up that was needed for what would have been a boring supper of leftovers!
You are welcome, hope you liked it!
yummmmyyyyy i love this dish. thanks for the recipe ^.^
This looks heavenly…I hate to admit this but I’ve never had sesame chicken! You can ensure I’ll be making this before I whip out the Chinese takeout recipe. Thanks for the recipe and gorgeous pictures.
I made this for dinner last night instead of plain old chicken fingers and it was really good! I will definitely be making this again, except I will likely cut down on the sugar in the sauce as it was just a tiny bit too sweet for my taste. Thanks for sharing!
Oh I guarantee that I will be making this within the next few weeks! I can’t wait!
What kind of vinegar did you use? I used rice vinegar, worked fine. Just curious as to yours.
I used white vinegar but I’d bet the rice vinegar was great!
the sesame sauce was awesome!!! i stumbled to this recipe and made some vegetarian changes to it and was excellent! like you said, BETTER than getting take out or going to the chinese place!
thank you!
Glad you tried it and liked it!
Mmm…was wondering what to cook for dinner tonight. I think I found my answer
Sesame chicken is always a hit with me. Thanks for the recipe!
I ADORE Chinese food!! Great recipe, and thank you so much for sharing it.
To me, nothing tastes so great as homemade Chinese food, and your recipe is terrific!
I do hope you will consider checking out my website, and please feel free to join it and add recipes if you like.
Elaine
Printing out another one of your recipes, and considering just telling all my blog followers to skip my blog, and just visit yours.
{ 2 trackbacks }