Name: Crispy Sesame Chicken with a Sticky Asian Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4, 4 people
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: 5 tbsp vegetable oil; 2 eggs (lightly beaten); 3 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 10 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp pepper; ½ tsp garlic salt; 2 tsp paprika; 3 chicken breast fillets (chopped into bite-size chunks); 1 tbsp sesame oil (optional - you can leave out and just sprinkle with plenty of sesame seeds at the end if you prefer); 2 cloves garlic (peeled and minced); 1 tbsp Chinese rice vinegar (white wine vinegar will work too); 2 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce (use more or less depending on the brand and how spicy you like it); 3 tbsp ketchup; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 4 tbsp soy sauce; boiled rice; 2 tbsp sesame seeds; small bunch spring onions/scallions (chopped)

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Crispy Sesame Chicken with a Sticky Asian Sauce

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 30m total

Servings

Calories

37% of a 2,000 cal day

750KCAL

Protein

56g100% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat28g

36%

Saturated5g

24%

Unsaturated23g

—

Total Carbs65g

24%

Fiber3g

10%

Total Sugars19g

—

incl. Added Sugars18g

36%

Starch44g

—

Sodium1851mg

80%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Crispy sesame chicken is coated in a sticky, sweet Asian sauce with soy, vinegar, and chili notes. It's served over rice with sesame seeds and green onions, offering a better-than-takeout dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

5 tbspvegetable oil
2eggs — lightly beaten
3 tbspcornflour (cornstarch)
10 tbspplain (all-purpose) flour
½ tspsalt
½ tsppepper — ground
½ tspgarlic salt
2 tsppaprika
3chicken breast fillets — chopped into bite-size chunks
1 tbspsesame oil — or sesame seeds, optional
2garlic — peeled, minced
1 tbspChinese rice vinegar — or white wine vinegar
2 tbsphoney
2 tbspsweet chilli sauce
3 tbspketchup
2 tbspbrown sugar
4 tbspsoy sauce
boiled rice
2 tbspsesame seeds
1 bunchspring onions/scallions — small, chopped

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Method

30m total

Read the method on Kitchen SanctuaryNicky Corbishley’s original page

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