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My Most Popular Chinese Recipes ❤️
Tips, tricks, and recipes for perfect Chinese dishes
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My Most Popular Chinese Recipes ❤️
Tips, tricks, and recipes for Chinese dishes
What Is Honey Sesame Chicken?
Honey chicken is one of the most popular Chinese recipes on Rasa Malaysia.
I created that recipe two years ago and many readers have requested variations of that recipe.
Today, I am creating a new recipe called honey sesame chicken, which is quite popular on Pinterest (remember to follow me). It features best of both worlds of sesame chicken and honey chicken.
The Best Way to Prepare This Meal
To make this chicken, all you need are a few everyday ingredients that you can get at any food store or supermarket. This recipe is super simple, and you can make it anytime you want.
While most people don’t like to do deep-frying at home, I strongly urge you to do so with this honey sesame chicken recipe and other Chinese recipes on Rasa Malaysia.
The reason why we all love Chinese takeouts and dishes so much is because of the deep-fried chicken coated with rich and savory sauce.
Eat them with some warm steamed rice and you have your guilty pleasure.
So I say forget about baked chicken, let’s fry the chicken and give your stomach and palate a treat.
We all deserve to indulge once in a while.
How to Fry the Chicken
The sweetest thing about this recipe is that you don’t even really need to deep fry the chicken, as a shallow fry works very well at home.
You don’t need a deep fryer, or 6 inches of oil to deep fry a batch of chicken for dinner.
You just need a small saute pan (non-stick preferably for ease of cleaning and frying), about 2 inches of oil, a pair of long chopsticks, and you are good.
There is no wastage of oil, no splattering oil, but gloriously fried chicken pieces ready to be cooked with the sweet, tangy, and savory honey sesame sauce.
Easy, breezy, and no fuss!
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 416 calories per serving.
What Dishes to Serve with This Recipe?
For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
Honey Sesame Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 lb. (500g) boneless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch (2.5cm) cubes or long strips
- oil for deep-frying
- 2 garlic (minced)
- toasted sesame seeds to garnish
Frying Batter:
- 1 egg white
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (sifted)
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup water (ice cold)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 pinch salt
Honey Sesame Sauce:
- 1/3 cup pure honey
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 tablespoon ketchup
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Whisk all the "Frying Batter" ingredients together until smooth. Set aside. Drop in the chicken cubes, mix well until they are well coated. Set aside.
- Mix all the ingredients of the "Honey Sesame Sauce" together and set aside.
- Heat up a saute pan and add about 2-inch of oil on medium to high heat. When the oil is fully heated, gently drop in the battered chicken cubes, one by one, making sure it is spread out to prevent sticking together. Continue to fry until the color changes to golden brown. Dish out and drain on paper towels.
- Transfer 2 tablespoons of the frying oil in a wok or skillet, stir-fry the garlic until aromatic. Add in the Honey Sesame Sauce, and bring to a light simmer or until the sauce thickens.
- Drop in the chicken, stir-fry a few times to combine the sauce and chicken, add the sesame seeds, dish out and serve immediately with steamed white rice, or Chinese fried rice.
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How long does this take to make?
About 30 minutes.
Oh my! This dish was absolutely delicious! Our 9 year old son loved it! We added fresh pineapple to the chicken after frying and draining the grease from the chicken, then tossed in the sauce. Wonderful!
Thanks for trying my honey sesame chicken recipe! :)
Tried this, used chicken thighs instead because that’s what I had. My family loved it!
I made this dish tonight. It was just okay. I feel the batter was a bit thick and would rather have made a tempura batter instead just because it is lighter. It also made a huge mess in the kitchen due to the fact that the battered chicken spattered all over the place. I will probably not make this recipe again.
Are the chick breasts raw when dunked in batter or cooked chunks
Yes, raw and then fried.
Just tried this recipe and it is sooooooo good. Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks Amber for trying this honey sesame chicken.
where it says when the hot is fully heated do you mean when the oil is fully heated?
Yikes, typo haha.
This looks fantastic. Bookmarking it to try soon. Thanks for sharing!
Did you mean “Honey Sesame Sauce” instead of “Garlic Sesame Sauce” in the directions?
Yes it was Garlic Sesame Sauce, it was a typo.
I am confused on this post. is it garlic sesame sauce or honey sesame sauce? Thanks
It’s Honey Sesame Sauce. Where do you see Garlic Sesame Sauce.
I am confused on this post. do I use garlic sesame sauce or honey sesame sauce?
Gosh, this post made me so hungry. The Honey Sesame Chicken looks so easy to do, must try it. Thanks for sharing, Bee.