# Honey Sesame Chicken and Fried Rice

This recipe features honey sesame chicken paired with fried rice, making it an ideal weeknight meal.

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

## Ingredients

- 3 carrots
- 1 sweet onion
- 3 fresh garlic cloves
- 2 eggs
- avocado oil
- frozen peas
- 3 cups day old rice
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- soy sauce
- oyster sauce
- sesame oil
- green onion
- chicken thighs
- kosher salt
- baking powder
- corn starch
- neutral oil
- black pepper
- honey
- white granulated sugar
- sesame seeds
- rice wine vinegar
- water
- peanut oil

## Instructions

1. Peel and dice three fresh carrots.
2. Dice a sweet onion.
3. Mince a few cloves of fresh garlic.
4. Crack a couple of eggs and lightly beat them.
5. Scramble the eggs in a pan with some avocado oil.
6. Sauté the onion and carrots, along with some frozen peas and the garlic.
7. Add in three cups of day-old rice.
8. Add a couple of tablespoons of mirin, soy sauce, and oyster sauce.
9. Mix everything in and keep frying it for a couple more minutes over medium heat.
10. Add the eggs back in, along with some sesame oil and green onion to finish.
11. Cut up the chicken thighs to your desired size.
12. Add kosher salt, some baking powder, corn starch, a couple of eggs, and some neutral oil.
13. Mix it up so it can marinate, adjust seasoning, and let it marinate for about 30 minutes.
14. Add honey, soy sauce, sesame oil, white granulated sugar, sesame seeds, corn starch, minced garlic, some mirin, rice vinegar, and a little bit of water.
15. Mix and set it aside while frying the chicken.
16. Fry chicken in 350 degree oil twice.
17. Heat sauce up on medium heat until glossy and thick.
18. Dump the chicken in mixing bowl and sauce it up really good.
19. Plate and garnish with sesame seeds on top and some green onions on top of the rice.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- bowl
- fork
- pan
- spatula
- wok
- sauce pot
- mixer bowl

## Tips

- Slice the carrots into planks, then into even sticks for a perfect dice.
- Fry the chicken twice for extra crispiness.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@cookupki/video/7373118303109221674
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/60611d5f-df48-4feb-9b35-82d207b224e7
- Extracted: 2025-06-03

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