Sesame Chicken Recipe

This is an excellent Sesame Chicken recipe. Many flavors blend together for a great tasting meal. My husband always says our house smells like a Chinese restaurant when I am cooking this dish.

One of the secret ingredients in this recipe is baking soda. It's added to the marinade which tenderizes the chicken, keeping it moist and juicy.

You will notice that the chicken in this Sesame Chicken recipe doesn't have a crunchy outside. Most Americanized Chinese restaurants batter and deep fry their chicken to appeal to American tastes. We feel it's not necessary to batter-fry the chicken in this version.

Sesame Chicken

Prep time: 40 min

Cook time: 15 min

Main Ingredients:

3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into 1 inch pieces
Peanut Oil for frying chicken
2 Tablespoons Sesame Seeds
2 Stalks of chopped green onion

Marinade Ingredients:

2 Tbls soy sauce
1 Tbls dry sherry
3 drops sesame oil
1 clove minced garlic
2 Tbls of cool water
1 tsp vegetable oil
1/4 tsp baking soda

Sauce Ingredients:

1 cup chicken broth
3 Tbls white vinegar or rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 Tbls soy sauce
1 Tbls sesame oil
1 tsp chili paste or hot pepper flakes
1 clove minced garlic

Preparation:

Cut the chicken into bite size pieces.
Mix the ingredients for the marinade and marinate the chicken for 20 minutes.
We put the marinade and chicken in a ziploc bag and get most of the air out.

Sauce:

Mix together the sauce ingredients except for the Corn Starch in a small pot.
Bring to a boil, stirring continuously.
Mix the 1/4 cup of corn starch with 1/2 cup of cool water
Add Corn Starch/Water mixture into the sauce and stir until blended.
Reduce heat to low and keep warm while you are cooking the chicken.

To cook the chicken:

Heat an inch of peanut oil in a large skillet
Add the first batch of marinated chicken into the skillet, and cook until golden brown.
Transfer the cooked chicken to a plate.
Cook the rest of the chicken.
Just before the chicken has finished cooking, bring the sauce back up to a simmer.
Place the chicken on a large plate or bowl and pour the sauce over to coat.
Add the sesame seeds and green onion.
Serve the Sesame Chicken over rice.