Easy Honey Sesame Chicken

Easy Honey Sesame Chicken

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4 serves
Calories: 508
Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

Chicken
  • 500 g chicken thigh cut into 1.5cm slices
  • 1/2 tsp rock salt
  • 2 tsp sesame paste
  • 2 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 1/2 tbsp sesame seeds toasted
  • 1/2 cup plain flour
Sauce
  • 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
  • 3/4 cup chicken stock
  • 1 tsp rice wine vinegar
  • 3 1/2 tbsp honey
  • 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce ordinary all purpose soy sauce
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
Garnish
  • 1 stem shallots
  • 1/2 tbsp sesame seeds toasted

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 200C/430F with shelf placed on the highest level. Spray baking tray with oil.
  2. Mix sesame paste and soy sauce in a bowl (to loosen it up, easier to coat chicken). Add chicken, salt and sesame seeds.
  3. Place flour in a separate bowl and coat chicken in flour, shaking off excess. Place chicken on baking tray.
  4. Bake for 12 minutes. Remove from oven.
  5. Flick to broiler/grill as high as it will go with shelf about 15cm/6" from the heat source.
  6. Turn chicken. Broiler/grill for 5 minutes until golden and quite crispy (Note 4), then remove.
  7. Meanwhile, mix together Sauce in one bowl and Cornstarch in another.
  8. Add Sauce and bring to bubble. Add Cornstarch and cook for 30 seconds until it thickens into a thick syrup. Remove the Sauce immediately from the stove and pour over the chicken.
  9. Toss chicken in Sauce then sprinkle over Sesame Seeds and Shallots/Scallions to serve. Serve with rice.

Nutrition

Calories: 508kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 35gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 115mgSodium: 1458mgPotassium: 380mgFiber: 2gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 200IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 3.6mg

Notes

Please note this is not my recipe. The full recipe blog can be found at https://www.recipetineats.com/easy-chinese-honey-sesame-chicken/
1. The chicken is sliced rather than diced so that way they are larger pieces that dry out during the cooking period. I use chicken thighs because they are juicier than breast. It can be made with breast but the flesh will be slightly drier.
2. Sesame paste is a Chinese ingredient that can be found at Asian grocery stores. I honestly cannot tell the difference between it and Tahini (the sesame paste used for hummus). PEANUT BUTTER is also an adequate substitute. I promise! It adds a bit of nutty flavour and acts as the same binding agent.
3. Please do not use LIGHT or DARK soy sauce. Use an all purpose ordinary soy sauce. I use Kikkoman. You will know it is an all purpose one because it won't have "light", "dark" or "sweet" soy sauce on the label. Light soy sauce is too salty for this dish and the flavour of dark soy sauce is too intense.
4. Fact is, baking chicken will not be as crispy as deep frying. But it's far healthier and it is still crispy! If you want to go all out, use the same coating but deep fry the chicken in oil. For extra extra crunch, fry it twice.
5. I used to have my own recipe from scratch but then I saw this one from Woks of Life. It tasted even better so this recipe is a bit of a mash up of mine and theirs!

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