# Sesame Chicken

This video shows how to make sesame chicken.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 egg white
- 0.5 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 cloves grated garlic
- salt
- pepper
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- corn starch
- peanut oil
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2.5 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 3 tbsp water
- 0.5 tbsp corn starch and water
- 1 clove garlic
- sesame seeds
- scallions
- white rice
- soy sauce
- salt
- white pepper
- cornstarch
- brown sugar
- soy sauce
- rice vinegar
- sesame oil
- water
- ketchup
- cornstarch
- AP flour
- salt
- MSG
- peanut oil
- scallions
- sesame seeds
- white rice

## Instructions

1. Cut up the chicken thighs into bite sized pieces.
2. Marinate the chicken thighs with one egg white, a dash of soy sauce, a little bit of salt, plenty of white pepper, and a couple tablespoons of cornstarch.
3. Mix the ingredients together and refrigerate for an hour.
4. Mix honey, brown sugar, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, water, and ketchup in a measuring cup to start the sauce.
5. Mix the ingredients together with a small whisk until all the sugar is dissolved.
6. Create an easy dredge with a two to one ratio of cornstarch to all-purpose flour and then add in a nice pinch of salt and MSG.
7. Make sure the chicken is coated before dropping it in some 375 degree peanut oil.
8. Pull the chicken out of the oil when it is a beautiful golden brown.
9. Heat up the sauce in a wok.
10. After that's been boiling for a couple minutes, drop in a little bit of a cornstarch slurry.
11. Add the chicken once the sauce has thickened.
12. Grate in one clove of garlic, add in the white part of a couple scallions and sesame seeds.
13. Serve over a bed of white rice.

## Tips

- MSG makes your food yummy and it is a complete myth that it is bad for you. Add it if you want.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjXv7oap/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4a5ea00a-1d22-45c7-8625-7d0654c056ec
- Extracted: 2025-06-01

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