Honey Sesame Chicken
An easy recipe for delicious takeout style honey sesame chicken.
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless chicken breasts
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 3 tbsp extra light tasting olive oil or canola oil
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch
- non-stick cooking spray
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 4-5 green onions
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut the chicken breast into 1 inch chunks. Pat them dry with a paper towel.
- Prepare the sauce. Add the honey, soy sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, rice wine vinegar, and cornstarch in a medium bowl. Whisk it all together thoroughly, making sure to break up any lumps in the cornstarch.
- Set the sauce aside.
- Break the two eggs into a shallow dish (I used a glass pie plate) and beat them well with a fork.
- Place the 1/3 cup of cornstarch into a Ziploc bag. If you don't have that, you can use another pie plate or shallow dish.
- Dip each piece of chicken into the egg, turning to coat.
- Place the coated chicken into the cornstarch. If you are using the Ziploc, close the top and then shake the chicken vigorously until completely coated.
- Using medium high heat, heat the olive oil in a deep frying pan.
- When the oil is hot ("shimmering" is the technical term, I think), carefully add in the coated chicken using tongs. It will sputter and can easily burn you, so be very careful!
- Turn the chicken every few minutes until it is browned on all sides, about seven minutes.
- Lightly spray a baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- If you feel that your chicken has excess oil on its surface, remove it from the frying pan and let it sit on a plate lined with paper towels for a minute or so.
- Place the chicken into the prepared baking dish.
- Stir up your sauce again in case the honey has settled.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken.
- Carefully place the dish in the oven and let it cook for about 30 minutes.
- When it's done, remove the cooked chicken to a serving dish. Pour the sauce over the top.
- Slice off the bottom of the green onions and discard.
- Slice the green onions - the white and tiny bit of the green.
- Sprinkle the chicken with about 1 teaspoon of sesame seeds.
- Sprinkle with the sliced green onions.
- Serve over your favorite rice.
- Be sure to give yourself plenty of sauce!