A delicious, easy sesame chicken recipe that is great for a weeknight dinner. Lots of flavor with not a lot of time required. A big hit with all the kids.
Course Dinner, Main Dish, Chicken
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Ingredients
Chicken
2lbsboneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs, trimmed
4tablespoonscorn starch
2largeeggs
⅛teaspoonsalt
⅛teaspoonpepper
3tablespoonsneutral oil for cooking such as canola or vegetable
3green onions thinly sliced
Sauce
6clovesminced garlic (you can also use a garlic press)
1tablespoonfresh ginger peeled and finely minced or grated
2tablespoonssesame seeds
6tablespoonsbrown sugar
½cup soy sauceI recommend low sodium
¼cupwater
5tablespoonsrice vinegar
2tablespoonsdark sesame oilaka toasted sesame oil
3tablespoonscorn starch
Instructions
Make The Sauce
In a small bowl or a two-cup glass measuring cup, mix together all of the ingredients for the sauce. The chicken will cook quickly so it is good to have this all done before you start on the chicken.
Make The Chicken
In a large bowl, whisk together the egg and corn starch until well mixed and frothy. Add the salt and pepper and give it one more good whisk.
Cut the chicken into 1-1½ inch pieces and mix the chicken into the cornstarch-egg mixture.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the oil to the hot skillet. When the oil is very hot add all of the chicken-egg mixture and spread the chicken out to make a single layer.
Without stirring, cook the chicken for about 5 minutes until the bottom of the chicken is golden brown. Carefully flip the chicken over, let cook for 1-2 minutes. without knocking off the egg coating, begin to break the chicken up into smaller pieces.
Once the chicken is golden brown on all sides and cooked through, pour the sauce over the chicken. Stir gently to coat the chicken in the sauce. Simmer for 1-2 minutes until the sauce has reached the desired thickness. Sprinkle the green onions over the top of the chicken. Serve with rice.