Honey Sesame Chicken

Honey Sesame Chicken is quick and easy recipe for weeknight dinner. Chicken breast stripes with sweet and spicy sauce and toasted sesame seeds, served over rice makes a delicious meal for your family.

THE RECIPE

INGREDIENTS

4 chicken breast-cut into strips
1 Tablespoon sesame seed oil
1 Tablespoon olive oil
2 Tablespoon soy sauce
2 teaspoon brown sugar
3 Tablespoon cornstarch
7 Tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Vegetable oil for cooking

For Sauce:

2 Tablespoon honey
2 Tablespoon sweet chili sauce
6 Tablespoon ketchup
Salt to taste
1/2 cup water
Sesame seeds- toasted

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut chicken breasts into strips.
Combine soy sauce, sugar, sesame and olive oil, add chicken breast and marinate them for at least 1 hour (but you can leave them in marinade for a few hours if you have time)
Drain chicken.
Heat vegetable oil in a pan on medium heat.
Combine cornstarch, flour, salt and pepper.
Add chicken to flour mixture (don’t put all chicken at once, work in a few batches) toss it to cover each stripes with flour well, transfer to a pan and fry until golden brown.
To make the sauce in a medium sauce pan combine honey, chili sauce, ketchup and water, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until sauce starts to thicken.
Pour sauce over fried chicken, toss to coated all well, then sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.

This recipe and image adapted from: omgchocolatedesserts.com