Recipe: Yummy Honey Sesame Chicken

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Honey Sesame Chicken. Skip ordering takeout and prepare this easy, Asian-inspired honey sesame chicken that's deep-fried and smothered in a sweet and zesty sauce. Garnish with thinly sliced green onions, if desired. Honey chicken is one of the most popular Chinese recipes on Rasa Malaysia.

Honey Sesame Chicken Cover chicken tightly to keep warm. Make the honey sauce: In a small pan over medium heat, combine all remaining ingredients except sesame seeds. In a large bowl, season the chicken with salt and pepper and toss with cornstarch. You can have Honey Sesame Chicken using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Honey Sesame Chicken

  1. You need 1 1/2 lbs of Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast (Cut Bite Size).
  2. It's 2/3 Cup of Low Sodium Chicken Broth.
  3. It's 1/2 Cup of Honey.
  4. You need 3 of tbps Soy Sauce.
  5. Prepare 2 tsp of Sesame Oil.
  6. You need 1 tsp of White Vinegar.
  7. It's 3 of tbps Chopped Yellow Onion (Finely Diced).
  8. It's 1 Clove of Garlic (Finely Diced).
  9. It's 1 1/2 tsp of Ginger Powder.
  10. Prepare of Salt & Pepper (to taste).
  11. It's 1 Cup of + 1 1/2 tbsp Cornstarch.
  12. You need of Vegetable Oil (for frying).
  13. Prepare 1 tbsp of Sesame Seeds.
  14. Prepare of Chopped Green Onions (for Garnish - Optional).

This is a 'healthier' version of honey-sesame chicken. It is baked instead of fried and the chicken is not battered, making it healthier. All the flavors are here and the only thing sacrificed are the calories! Serve over rice with additional sauce on the side.

Honey Sesame Chicken step by step

  1. Clean and cut your boneless chicken breast into bite size pieces and salt and pepper to taste..
  2. Dip chicken pieces into cornstarch and toss pieces to evenly coat in cornstarch, then carefully place 1/3 of the chicken pieces into preheated oil and cook for 5 - 7 minutes until golden, turning once during cooking. Using skimmer, remove fried chicken from oil and transfer to a paper towel lined cookie sheet to drain excess oil..
  3. In a medium mixing bowl combine chicken broth, honey, soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, onion, garlic, ginger. Mix well then add to medium size saucepan or wok at medium heat..
  4. As the sauce mixture begins to heat add 1 1/2 tbsp of Cornstarch to 1 1/2 tbsp of cold water and mix well. Then add to sauce mixture..
  5. Once the sauce mixture begins to thicken add the chicken and sesame seeds then mix well so all the chicken is coated evenly in sauce..
  6. Serve warm over white or brown rice garnished with green onions if desired..

Honey Sesame Chicken is the crispy, crunchy, sweet, and salty meal you've been looking for - even if you didn't realize it! Dare I say that this might become your new favorite way to make chicken? This is the best of them all! It first starts with the breading. The cornstarch and egg combo makes it taste straight from a restaurant.