Sesame chicken is one of those kinds of dishes which makes everyone happy at the table. It is not overly spicy so the kids enjoy it equally. It can be made with prawns and with or without a variety of vegetables. I like it with spring/green onion, bell pepper and a little bit of shallot . The actual recipe uses wine or sake ( Japanese rice wine ) but I replaced it with vinegar. The best type of cut for sesame chicken is thigh meat deboned and coated with cornstarch and egg. After frying the bite sized meat pieces are dressed with thick sauce.
Tip
Different brand of corn starch thickens differently. Some of the Pakistani cornstarch brands (like Rafhan) are much lighter and needs a little bit extra to attain desired sauce like thickness. You can dissolve a teaspoon of this cornstarch in cold water and use it while simmering the sauce.
Also if you find sauce a little bit thicker then the desired consistency , then you can add little bit of stock or water to the sauce.
Sesame Chicken
Ingredients
For Chicken
- 250 gms Boneless chicken thighs
- 1 Egg
- 2 tbs Cornstarch
- Salt To the taste
- ½ tsp Pepper
- 2 tbs Oil
For Sauce
- 1 tbs Sesame oil
- 4 tbs Soy sauce
- 1 tbs Rice vinegar
- 1 tbs Brown sugar
- 1 cup Chicken stock
- 1 tsp Sesame seeds
- ½ tsp Sesame oil
Veggies
- 1 tsp Garlic Finely chopped
- 2 Green Onion
- 1 Bell peppers Small
- 1 Onion/Shallot Medium
Instructions
- Cut chicken thighs into bite-size pieces.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together egg, cornstarch, salt and pepper.
- Add cut chicken to the egg mixture and stir to coat.
- Heat up oil in a pan and drop coated chicken pieces and shallow fry. It’s easier to do that in two batches to make sure each piece is cooked properly. Or you can use air fryer to make healthier version of it.
- In a small bowl, whisk together all ingredients for the sauce except for sesame seeds. Set aside.
- Now transfer the sauce ingredients in a sauce pan and simmer on low heat for 5 min while stirring it constantly.
- Heat up oil in a pan and add chopped garlic and fry for 2-3 min.
- Now add all the veggies Sauté it for few minutes then add chicken.
- Next, pour the sauce mixture over chicken n vegetables and simmer on medium-low heat until the sauce evenly coats chicken and veggies.
- Now add sesame oil and sprinkle the sesame seeds at the end.
- Serve it with rice of your choice and enjoy.
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