Description
Juicy fried chicken breast pieces tossed in a thick, sweet and savory honey sesame sauce for an easy Chinese takeout recipe at home. This Honey Sesame Chicken is a delicious dish that the whole family will love.
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. Place chicken pieces in a bowl 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 in a bowl. Set aside.
- Make the batter. Mix eggs, flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, water, and oil. Coat chicken pieces in batter.
- Fry the chicken. Fry coated chicken until golden brown. Drain on a wire rack.
- Double fry the chicken. Fry chicken again until crispy. Drain on a wire rack.
- Cook the honey sesame sauce. Saute garlic, add sauce ingredients, simmer, thicken with cornstarch slurry, add sesame oil.
- Combine and serve. Toss chicken in sauce, garnish with sesame seeds and green onions.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: Chinese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 380 kcal
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 920mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 32g
- Cholesterol: 145mg
