Flawless Sesame Chicken

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Ingredients

Poultry

  • 3 whole boneless chicken breasts

Marinade

  • 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon cooking wine or dry sherry
  • 3 drops sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Sauce

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1/8-1/4 cup white vinegar or rice wine vinegar (depending on how sweet you want the sauce)
  • 1/4 cup cornstarch
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons sesame oil
  • 1 teaspoon chili paste (or more)
  • 1 garlic clove (minced)

Frying

  • 3 1/2 cups peanut oil

Serving

  • 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds




First, prepare the chicken & marinade:

  1. Cut the chicken into 1-inch cubes.
  2. Mix the marinade ingredients (the first 9 ingredients listed).
  3. Marinate the chicken for 20-39 minutes minutes.

Second, prepare the sauce (perhaps while marinading):

  1. Mix together all of the sauce ingredients (the LAST 9 ingredients beginning with water).
  2. Pour them into a small pot and bring to a boil, stirring continuously.
  3. Turn the heat down to low and keep warm while you are deep-frying the chicken.

Third, to deep-fry the chicken:

  1. Add the marinated chicken pieces a few at a time, and deep-fry until golden brown.
  2. Drain on paper towels and then place chicken in warm oven (130 degrees) while you continue frying.
  3. Repeat with the remainder of the chicken.

Last, to put it all together:

  1. Just before you are finished deep-frying, bring the sauce back up to a boil.
  2. Place the chicken on a large platter and pour the sauce over.
  3. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
  4. Serve the Sesame Chicken with rice.

 
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  • Michelle says
    absolute, awesome flavours
  • Nos4R2D2 says
    Great recipe, will try it out this week.
  • Gizmo says
    this looks good, I was looking for something to cook my man for dinner and this is it...yummy
  • Michele says
    This looks better than takeaways!
  • New Member says
    Yummy ! I will have to try it !!!!
    Looks delish !
  • Jen says
    oh yummy, this is what i'll be cooking tonite, great with a glass of wine!

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