Description
Enjoy this delicious Honey Sesame Chicken recipe made with juicy fried chicken breast pieces tossed in a thick, sweet and savory honey sesame sauce. It’s the perfect Chinese takeout dish to make at home!
Ingredients
Chicken Marinade
- 1 ½ lb chicken breast or thighs, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon powder
- ½ teaspoon white pepper
- 1 tablespoon water
Batter
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup water
- 2 teaspoon vegetable oil
Sauce
- 3 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoon ketchup
- ¼ cup honey
- 3 tablespoon brown sugar
- 3 tablespoon water
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
Cornstarch slurry
- 2 teaspoon corn starch
- 3 tablespoon water
Garnish
- Green onion, sliced
- Toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- Marinate the chicken: Mix chicken pieces with bouillon powder, white pepper, and water. Marinate for at least 10 minutes.
- Mix the sauce: Combine soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice vinegar, ketchup, honey, brown sugar, water. Set aside.
- Make the batter: Mix eggs, flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, water, and oil. Coat chicken pieces with batter.
- Fry the chicken: Fry battered chicken in hot oil until golden. Drain on a wire rack.
- Double fry the chicken: Fry again until crispy. Drain on a wire rack.
- Cook the sauce: Saute garlic, add sauce ingredients, simmer, thicken with cornstarch slurry.
- Combine and serve: Toss chicken in sauce, garnish with sesame seeds and green onions. Enjoy!
Notes
- For extra crispiness, you can double fry the chicken.
- Adjust the sweetness and saltiness of the sauce to suit your taste.
- Serve the honey sesame chicken with steamed rice for a complete meal.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Frying, Simmering
- Cuisine: Chinese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 355 kcal
- Sugar: 19g
- Sodium: 1172mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0.03g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 28g
- Cholesterol: 127mg
