BETTER THAN TAKEOUT – Sesame Chicken Recipe

To be honest, the first time I ate this I was thinking, no, Chinese people do not eat sesame chicken. And now, I make it every week. Seriously, who can say no to these crunchy nutty little bites of chicken? And this recipe could be the best sesame chicken you ever had.

🥢 RECIPE - Note: Here I want to correct a mistake in the video. At 03:16 I said to heat up the oil to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. It was an audio mistake, please keep the oil temperature at 380 degrees Fahrenheit while frying. I am really sorry about that. The video is already uploaded, I can't edit it anymore.

Ingredients to marinate the chicken (Serve 2-3 people with some white rice)

- 1 lb chicken thigh, cut into 1.5 inches cubes
- 2 cloves of garlic
- black pepper to taste
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 3/8 tsp of baking soda
- 1 egg white
- 0.5 tbsp of starch (add it to the marinade)
- 1 cup of Potato starch (use it to coat the chicken)
- 2 cups of oil to fry the chicken

Ingredients for the sauce

- 2 tbsp of Honey
- 3 tbsp of brown sugar
- 3 tbsp of water
- 2.5 tbsp of ketchup
- 1 tbsp of vinegar
- Diced scallion as a garnish

INSTRUCTION

Cut some boneless and skin on chicken leg into 1-inch size pieces. You can use chicken breast if you wish to.
Marinate the chicken with 1 tsp of grated garlic, 1.5 tsp of soy sauce, 1/2 tsp of salt, some black pepper to taste, 3/8 tsp of baking soda, 1 egg white, and 1/2 tbsp of starch. Cornstarch, potato or sweet potato starch, they all work, depends on what you used for the coating later. Mix everything until well combined. Cover it and let it sit for 40 minutes.
Add half of the starch into a big container. Spread it out. Add in the chicken. Cover the meat with the other half of the starch. Put on the lid and shake for a few minutes or until the chicken is coated nicely
Heat up the oil to 380 F. Add the chicken piece by piece. In less than 2 minutes, you can feel that the surface is getting crispy and the color is slightly yellow. Take them out. Then we gonna do the second batch. Before that, you might want to fish out all those small little bits. It is optional but it does affect the quality of the oil.
Keep the temperature at 380 F, and fry the second batch of the chicken. Once you are done, let all the chicken rest for about 15 minutes and we gonna double fry the chicken. Double frying will stabilize the crunchiness so it last longer. At the end we will coat the chicken with some glossy sauce If you don’t double fry it, the chicken might not be crispy while serving. You just keep an eye on the color. In about 2 or 3 minutes, it will reach that beautiful golden color. Take them out and set it aside.
Next, we gonna make the sauce. In a large bowl, add in 3 tbsp of brown sugar, 2 tbsp of liquid honey, 2.5 tbsp of soy sauce, 2.5 tbsp of ketchup, 3 tbsp of water, 1 tbsp of vinegar. Mix them until well combined.
Put your wok on the stove and pour all the sauce in. There is some sugar sink in the bottom of the bowl, make sure you clean that. Keep stirring the sauce on medium heat. Bring it to a boil and pour in some potato starch water to thicken the sauce. This just 2 tsp of potato starch mixed with 2 tsp of water. Keep stirring until it reaches a thin syrup texture. Introduce the chicken back into the wok, along with a drizzle of sesame oil and 1.5 tbsp of a toasted sesame seed. Toss everything until the chicken is coated nicely. Take them out. Garnish it with some diced scallion and you are done.

[SoupedUpRecipes]

Here I want to correct a mistake in the video. At 03:16 I said to heat up the oil to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. It was an audio mistake, please keep the oil temperature at 380 degrees Fahrenheit while frying. I am really sorry about that. The video is already uploaded, I can't edit it anymore.

[Catiting]

I'm happy it doesn't have any background music.

[helhaj]

i made this today for my family (i’m an inexperienced teenager) and it turned out FLAWLESS. this is the first recipe i’ve made where everything looks exactly like the pictures/videos shown and all of the indication in the recipe happened flawlessly at the perfect time. thanks for this recipe and i’ll be making more. my family loves it so much

[YUMMAEH]

I tried this recipe and used corn starch because that’s what I had in my pantry. My kids loved it so much! Tastes just like take out!

[yin]

It took me about 1 and 1/2 hours to make this (and I made a huge mess...) but the outcome was AMAZING! I was a little skeptical about the sauce because it had a bunch of random things in it, but I was proven wrong. I’m 13 and my 16 year old brother helped a bit, so if 2 teenagers can do this, I’m sure you can too!

[antonella]

Warning ⚠️ alert here!
This is the best recipe of sesame chicken u can ever have at home! Do it!!! I did it..and literally I was crying hahahah it’s perfect!!!

[heritage.home.crochet]

Made this a week ago and now I'm back again because my husband has been hounding me all week to make it again! This is a winner in my house!

[K.F.L]

If you haven't got a spray for the starch mix, wet a fine metal sieve, let the excess water drip off in the sink and then lightly tap the sieve over your mix

[EnderZigg]

My son is a super picky eater, he’s 16 and hates everything lol he just told me this is the best chicken he’s ever had. I finally learned how to make these properly, thank you so much for sharing!

[wandaperez]

it was absolutely the crunchiest chicken I've ever had, my husband said it was really good with a thumbs up while eating it !!!

[Slaughta]

Who else was starving watching this then drowned in their own saliva?

[flicfan]

Just made this - after the first bite I had to lay on the floor. This is not a lie. It literally made me faint. The sauce is EXACTLY what you want it to be when you crave sesame chicken.

[Bertie]

I made this dish last night and my wife was blown away by how good it is. So far I have made the Orange Chicken and the Sesame Chicken, both were outstanding. The directions are easy to follow and well worth the effort.

[maxineharris]

Mandy! You deserve all the compliments you are receiving. You are obviously working very hard. Always very well explained. Greetings from Australia😊

[catalinawoody]

I made this tonight and my husband said, "I hit it out of the park". He loved it! If I did anything different next time, I would double the sauce. It was delicious!!! Thank you!

[hilbertsinn]

You have an extremely charming on camera personality and soothing voice.

[jvsbarde]

I have made this recipe probably a dozen times since I first watch this video, I wanted to take a minute to finally come back here and say thank you, and for anyone who is thinking about trying this just give it a shot. I basically know the whole recipe by heart now

[DustinCelestine]

I’ve made this recipe a couple time times and it gets better and better. Definitely the best recipe I’ve come across ❤️

[Bandungbill]

I tried making this Sesame Chicken and tested it out on the family
I got a 10/10 whoop whoop
A nice simple easy recipe and thank you to the host for your instructions

[VoiceOfReason]

"Very cute, like me" LOL Love the spray bottle trick to creating crunchy bits. I will definitely be adding that to my bag of tricks. Thanks!