Crispy Sesame Chicken with a Sticky Asian Sauce
This crispy sesame chicken features golden fried chicken chunks tossed in a sticky, sweet and spicy Asian-inspired sauce, topped with sesame seeds and scallions for the perfect takeaway-style dinner made right at home in under 30 minutes!
Equipment
- 1 Mixing bowl Large
- 1 Frying pan Large, for frying chicken
- 1 Sauce pan For heating the sauce
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 5 tablespoon vegetable oil for frying
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- 3 tablespoon cornflour
- 10 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 0.5 teaspoon pepper
- 0.5 teaspoon garlic salt
- 2 teaspoon paprika
- 3 chicken breast fillets chopped bite-size
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil optional
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon Chinese rice vinegar or white wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce
- 3 tablespoon ketchup
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 4 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon sesame seeds
- spring onions chopped, for garnish
- boiled rice for serving
Instructions
Instructions
- Toss chicken chunks with beaten eggs until well coated.
- Mix flour, cornflour, salt, pepper, garlic salt, and paprika in a bowl.
- Dredge chicken in flour mix, ensuring full coating on all sides.
- Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry coated chicken in batches for 5–6 minutes until golden. Drain on paper towels.
- In another pan, heat sesame oil (if using) and add garlic, vinegar, honey, sweet chilli sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, and soy sauce. Cook until bubbling.
- Add fried chicken to the sauce and toss everything together until coated.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and chopped spring onions.
- Serve hot over boiled rice.
Notes
To keep chicken crispy, store sauce separately and reheat in skillet instead of microwave. Chicken can be frozen and thawed before reheating.