Sesame Honey Chicken recipe. My sesame honey chicken recipe is quick, tasty and easy enough to cook on a weekday. Chicken pieces are coated in seasoned cornflour, fried until crisp and then tossed in a sweet and salty sauce with honey and sesame seeds. I’ve served it with broccoli too but this can be left out or changed for any other green vegetable – green beans, pak Choi or mange-tout would be nice!
If you enjoyed my Sesame Honey Chicken recipe then you might enjoy my recipe for Salt and Chilli Squid or Crispy Duck Bao with Homemade Hoisin Sauce
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Recipe
Serves 2
Difficulty Level: Home Cook
Ingredients:
- 2 chicken breasts, cut into similar sized chunks
- 3 tablespoons cornflour
- Teaspoon each of five spice, garlic powder and white pepper
- Salt
- Sunflower oil, for frying
For the Honey Sesame Sauce:
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar and sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
- Teaspoon white pepper and rice vinegar
- Sesame seeds
To serve:
- Steamed broccoli
- 2 spring onions, finely sliced
- White rice
Method:
- Add the cornflour and seasonings to a bowl with a grind of salt. Toss the chicken pieces to coat thoroughly.
- Add about an inch of sunflower oil to a sauté pan and heat to 200C.
- Add the chicken pieces in batches and fry for 3-5 minutes until golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper.
- Remove the oil from the pan and add the sauce ingredients. Simmer over a medium low heat for 5 minutes. Add the chicken pieces, a couple tablespoons of sesame seeds and the steamed broccoli and then turn the heat to high. Bubble for a minute or two just to combine.
- Serve the Honey Sesame Chicken in bowls with fluffy white rice and top with the spring onions and some more sesame seeds.
