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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (582g) Recipe makes 3 servings
Calories 1051
Calories from Fat 415		(39%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 46.2g	71%
	Saturated Fat 10.5g	52%
	Monounsaturated Fat 18.5g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 13.9g
	Trans Fat 0.3g
Cholesterol 185mg		61%
Sodium 1917mg		79%
Potassium 827mg		23%
Total Carbohydrate 89.9g		29%
	Dietary Fiber 1.8g	7%
	Sugars 67.3g
Protein 66.9g		133%
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Flawless Sesame Chicken (Restaurant Style)

Recipe #129598 | 40 min | 10 min prep | add private note

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By: Family of four
Jul 12, 2005

This is the recipe you've been looking for! It makes a perfect sesame chicken. This excellent recipe comes out perfect every time with little fuss and inexpensive ingredients you probably have on hand. This recipe is truly restaurant quality... try it, you won't be disappointed! (Recipe courtesy of "Reykjaviky" at All Recipes)

SERVES 3 -4 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

3 whole boneless chicken breasts

Marinade

2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 tablespoon cooking wine or dry sherry
3 drops sesame oil
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons water
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Sauce

1/2 cup water
1 cup chicken broth
1/8-1/4 cup white vinegar or rice wine vinegar (depending on how sweet you want the sauce)
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 cup sugar (we use 1/2 cup sugar but the orginal recipe called for 1 cup)
2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1 teaspoon chili paste (or more)
1 garlic clove (minced)

Frying

peanut oil (3 1/2-4 cups)

Serving

2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds

Directions

1
Cut the chicken into 1-inch cubes. Mix the marinade ingredients (the first 9 ingredients listed) and marinate the chicken for 20 minutes.
2
To prepare the sauce:.
3
Mix together all of the sauce ingredients. Pour them into a small pot and bring to a boil, stirring continuously. Turn the heat down to low and keep warm while you are deep-frying the chicken.
4
To deep-fry the chicken:.
5
Add the marinated chicken pieces a few at a time, and deep-fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and then place chicken in warm oven (130 degrees) while you continue frying. Repeat with the remainder of the chicken. Just before you are finished deep-frying, bring the sauce back up to a boil.
6
Place the chicken on a large platter and pour the sauce over. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Serve the Sesame Chicken with rice.

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From: Johnsdeere

On Nov 23, 2009

I asked my husband how many stars we should rate this out of 5...he said 10. We both really enjoyed this meal. Not too much breading over the chicken...just the perfect amount. Since my husband doesn't care for really spicy food I opted to use 1/4 of a teaspoon of chili paste...I could taste a tiny bit of heat and will increase the amount to 1/2 next time..and so on and so forth. I opted to use the 1/2 cup and sugar and felt it provided the right amount of sweetness...one of these days I might try some Splenda sugar substitute as well. Thank you for sharing this tasty recipe....it will definately be in circulation in my recipe box.

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From: Chef #Hopefull#

On Oct 30, 2009

Really this recipe is so so great!! I doubled the sauce and it was just too great. I didn't have the sesame oil so I used regural oil and it was still super duper. A real crowd pleaser for sure!!!

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From: ~Paula~

On Mar 7, 2006

This is an excellent recipe for Sesame Chicken! Flawless ... just as the name implies! I did not have chili paste on hand, so I used red pepper flakes (about 3/4 tsp.) and the "heat level" was just right. You did not mention the type of vinegar to use, so I used Rice Wine Vinegar, which turned out great. Thanks for posting this! We will definately be making this again!

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From: Scandigirl

On Jul 14, 2005

If I could give you more stars I would... This recipe is just wonderful!!! I made it for the two of us, and we ate the whole amount; my husband then asked if I had more!!! I will be serving this soon again. Very, very nice. If I could I would tell everyone at Zaar to make it!

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