Baked Honey Sesame Chicken
Baked Honey Sesame Chicken is a delicious dish featuring tender chicken coated in a sweet honey sauce, perfect for fans of Chinese cuisine.
Equipment
- Oven
- Skillet
- baking dish
Ingredients
Chicken and Coating
- 4 pieces chicken breasts
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 3 large eggs
- salt
- pepper
- ¼ cup canola oil
Sauce
- ¾ cup honey
- ¾ cup soy sauce link to soy sauce
- ½ cup ketchup
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup rice wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil link to sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- additional sesame seeds for garnish
Instructions
Cooking Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces and season with salt and pepper.
- In separate bowls, place cornstarch and slightly beaten eggs. Dip chicken into cornstarch then coat in egg mixture then back into the cornstarch.
- Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook chicken until browned. Place the chicken in a 9 x 13 greased baking dish.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, minced garlic, and 1 T cornstarch. Pour over chicken and bake for 45 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
- Stir the chicken every 15 minutes to ensure it is coated in the sauce.
Notes
Recipe updated on April 2, 2021. Originally posted on September 16, 2013.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 622kcalCarbohydrates: 81gProtein: 38gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 178mgSodium: 2017mgPotassium: 759mgFiber: 1gSugar: 58gVitamin A: 267IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 47mgIron: 2mg
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