Sweet and Sticky Honey Sesame Chicken! A classic sesame chicken recipe made easy and no frying required! It’s one of our favorite ways to eat chicken on weeknights and such an easy recipe.

Takeout style honey sesame chicken, at home? 

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Even my picky toddler gobbled this homemade honey sesame chicken recipe.

We’re talking about a sweet and sticky honey glazed chicken recipe. How could anyone not fall in love with that?

Toss crispy chicken tenders, breasts, or thighs in a little baking soda so that the chicken is tender. Then coat it in rice starch or cornstarch so the chicken is extra crispy. Pan fry and toss it in the most delicious honey sesame sauce spiked with garlic and ketchup.

• Chicken: use chicken breasts, thighs or tenders for this recipe. Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces so that the crispy coating makes all the chicken extra crunchy.
• Low Sodium Soy Sauce: adds umami and flavor to the sauce and chicken
• Baking Soda: is an ingredient commonly used in Asian cooking to velvet the chicken. From my experience, baking soda raises the pH of the chicken and causes it to become tender and moist. It’s what I do for my gochujang chicken recipe too and it is so delicious!
• Egg Whites: I use white instead of whole eggs. The protein helps bind the chicken and the seasonings and makes it crunchy when pan-fried
• Seasonings: you’ll need kosher salt, white pepper, and red pepper flakes.
• Cornstarch or Rice Flour: adds a crispy coating
• Honey: sweetens the honey sesame sauce
• Ketchup: adds color, tomato tanginess, and thickens the sauce
• Sesame Oil: Toasted sesame oil gives the chicken a deliciously juicy and slightly smoky flavor.
• Brown Sugar: adds sweetness
• Rice Vinegar: Adds just a hint of acid to balance the sweetness from the honey and brown sugar.
• Garlic: gives it flavor
• Sesame Seeds: is a garnish and adds nuttiness 
• Serving suggestions: We like fluffy jasmine rice straight from the rice cooker with steamed broccoli on the side, but you could also make my din-tai fung inspired green beans, other steamed vegetables, charred scallion noodles, Cantonese pan-fried noodles, or garlic noodles topped with green onions. 

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