Sesame Chicken
March 16, 2013 25 Comments
This dinner is a favorite at our house. It has tender, seasoned and breaded chicken pieces, a fairly sweet sauce, and it’s served over white rice. My husband and I like it a lot, but the kids LOVE it! Really, the following recipe isn’t enough for all four of us, now that the children are getting bigger (and eating more!). Next time I will probably make more like 1 ½ to 2 lbs of chicken.
Ingredients
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into chunks
½ cup flour
½ cup sesame seeds, divided
½ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
½ tsp ground ginger
½ tsp black pepper
Vegetable oil
One yellow onion, cut into wedges
Equal parts: Teriyaki sauce & honey (I use about 1/3 cup of each but you could use more or less depending on how much sauce you like)
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Directions
On a plate, combine flour, pepper, 1/4 cup of sesame seeds, crushed red pepper flakes, and ground ginger. Coat pieces of chicken with mixture.
Heat oil in large skillet or wok over medium heat.
Place chicken into skillet, and brown on both sides, about 5 minutes.
Remove chicken and set aside.
Return chicken to skillet, and reduce heat to low. Mix in teriyaki sauce, remaining sesame seeds and honey; stir until sauce thickens.
Return onion to skillet. Warm through and serve over rice.
Enjoy!
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I get your point saying that as the kids are growing, they’re eating more all of a sudden! Once we were in a pizza joint, our usual order didn’t leave us satisfied. We had to expand our ordering habits in terms of amount. Lol!
It sure is getting more expensive, isn’t it?
We have to buy two pizzas now, instead of one, for everyone to be satisfied!
You’re so right! It caught me by surprise honestly. Lol!
Yummy! That looks good and would certainly go over well around here! We eat “rice food” at least 3 days a week. Hubby is Filipino after all. (Did you know that in some parts of Asia, no matter how much you’ve “snacked,” you aren’t considered to have “eaten” unless you’ve had rice?)
Thanks.
Haha, I don’t “eat” very often then, because I only make a rice dish every few weeks! lol
I love the Lean Cuisine sesame chicken, but have never made it as a meal. I want to try this!
Oh, you should! I’m sure you’d like it.
This is one of the dishes I eat frequently
Oh really? Are there any differences in ingredients? I’d be interested to know them.
My mum’s version of the chicken is deep fried. The sauce is more sweet and sour, she puts white vinegar and sugar, with soy and sesame oil. The sesame seeds are also lightly toasted prior to use
Ooh, toasting the sesame seeds first is a great idea! I’ve never used sesame oil, but I’d like to.
Lightly toasting the seeds give a wonderful fragrance
sesame oil can be rather overpowering so just a little bit will do 
Thanks that’s good to know.
This looks delicious! Now I’m craving for chicken! Haha.
Thanks so much!
LOOKS DELISH!!!! Will you marry me? I am SO tired of cooking!
LOL, well thankfully, trying new recipes (whether they are lunches, dinner, or desserts) keeps me motivated to cook and bake! I had been in a bit of a slump in the kitchen before I got serious about blogging. Now I look forward to it!
yeah I get in those and would more often if I wasn’t so cheap and trying to save money! LOL
Yeah, us too. But I try to keep myself happy in the kitchen! I spend WAY too much time in there to be anything but happy!!
Well it’s like this… we can’t go on a cruse BUT we CAN cook soem Caribbean dishes! WHY NOT! So I travel in my kitchen!
Haha, yeah. No cruises here either, I’m afraid!
See you got to make your Fridays and Sat’s your vacation in the Kitchen!
Usually, yep!!
Thanks for a delicious recipe! If you like recipes like this i think you would love Tilda Basmati ‘s tasty recipes http://www.tilda.com/public-recipe-category/dry
Thanks!