Happy Family Sesame Chicken

Submitted by IngridH

"From Leanne Ely's Saving Dinner, by way of a FlyLady post. Serve with rice and a vegetable to make a meal."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 garlic clove, pressed
• 1⁄4 cup cornstarch
• 2 egg whites
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, cut into 2 inch pieces
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 4 green onions, sliced
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

directions

1. Combine honey, sesame seeds, soy sauce and garlic. Set aside.
2. In a seperate bowl, combine egg whites and cornstarch.
3. Add chicken to egg mixture. Add salt and pepper to taste. Combine thoroughly.
4. To Freeze: Put honey mixture in a quart sized freezer bag. Squeeze out air and seal.
5. Put chicken mixture in a gallon sized freezer bag. Squeeze out air and seal.
6. Place both bags in another gallon sized bag, and label for the freezer.
7. Defrost for 24 hours before cooking.
8. On Cooking Day:.
9. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium high heat.
10. Add the chicken and cook until browned, turning as needed. (You may need to do this in two batches, depending on the size of your skillet.).
11. Pour the honey mixture over the chicken, turning to coat all the pieces.
12. Top with the sliced green onions and sesame seeds, and serve.

Reviews

[Chef Tweaker]

Oops. I promised to review this again after trying it. It's a keeper! I get bulk chicken breasts and make freezer meals. This is in the regular rotation. I prefer it saucier so I double the sauce recipe and used about 2 tbs honey/honey sauce and 4 tbs log cabin syrup. Also using potato flour in place of the cornstarch. (I'm sensitive to corn)

 

[alligirl]

We certainly enjoyed this version of sesame chicken (one of my faves!) The coating/breading was a little different, but it worked well. I used my non-stick wok and cooked 1 'huge' breast in 2 batches, so as not to crowd the pan. The sauce was yummy and easy. I will make this again, and may add a touch of ginger next time, as a personal preference. Thanks so much for sharing, IngridH! Made for Best of 2010 tag game.

 

[NikasMommy]

I made this for dinner tonight for my husband and 3 year old daughter. I doubled the sauce, added a bag of asian style stir fry veggies and served it all over brown rice - success! Next time I might add a pinch of red pepper flakes, but that's just me - I like a little kick. This chicken alone would be great served in a salad or wrap. Thanks for a great recipe that we'll use over and over again.

 

[dojustice]

This was easy and good. Being able to do the prep ahead of time is an added bonus. We like saucy rice, so I doubled the sauce. Thanks for posting!

 

[I'mPat]

I used 3 chicken breasrts which had a weight of 900 grams for 4 us. I cut my chicken up chunky and only par cooked it and finished it off in the oven while the DH made the fried rice which took him a lot longer than expected so the chicken was in a 125C fan forced oven for nearly an hour and yet is was still moist and sweet and thoroughly enjoyed by us all. Thank you IngridH , made for I Recommend tag game and recommended by Chef Tweaker.