Very easy sesame chicken

happy chick

Tue, Mar 12 2024, 7:16 pm

I make this recipe all the time. My measurements are slightly different, but same ingredients.

I use 1/2 c brown sugar and it's super sweet. Also, you don't have to dip each piece in the sauce, just lay all the pieces in the pan and pour the sauce over it.

Delicious and super easy.

yersp

Tue, Mar 12 2024, 7:43 pm

The easiest one I found was from what's cooking cookbook
Egg and flour cutlets (I keep the cutlets whole, I don't bother cutting it into nuggets) and fry.
Sauce: 1 cup brown sugar
1 cup ketchup
1 cup water
Handful of sesame seeds
Pour over fried cutlets, bake uncovered for 15 minutes.

Hashem_Yaazor

Tue, Mar 12 2024, 7:48 pm

I love the one from budget bytes
Ketchup doesn't belong in sesame chicken

icedcoffee

Tue, Mar 12 2024, 7:50 pm

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

I love the one from budget bytes
Ketchup doesn't belong in sesame chicken

I use the budget bytes one too. The list of ingredients seems a little long at first glance but it genuinely is pretty quick to put together.

Hashem_Yaazor

Tue, Mar 12 2024, 7:50 pm

Yes it looks like a lot but it's one of my fastest chicken dishes for weekday!

erm

Tue, Mar 12 2024, 7:52 pm

I keep my cutlets whole and dip them in flour eggs and cornflake crumbs. Fry them and then lay them out in an aluminium pan. Pour duck sauce and sesame seeds and bake

Odelyah

Tue, Mar 12 2024, 9:20 pm

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

Yes it looks like a lot but it's one of my fastest chicken dishes for weekday!

even with grating fresh ginger? or do you use frozen cubes? just curious because I love fresh ginger but to me that would remove it from fastest recipe category Smile

and do you use the scallions?

Hashem_Yaazor

Tue, Mar 12 2024, 10:35 pm

Odelyah wrote:

even with grating fresh ginger? or do you use frozen cubes? just curious because I love fresh ginger but to me that would remove it from fastest recipe category Smile

and do you use the scallions?

I use powdered ginger and skip the scallions

Odelyah

Tue, Mar 12 2024, 10:52 pm

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

I use powdered ginger and skip the scallions

k got it.

do you use the full amount of brown sugar?

HakolTov

Tue, Mar 12 2024, 10:55 pm

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

I use powdered ginger and skip the scallions

How much powder ginger?

As a side note, do you have any other recipes (or does anyone else as well) that you recommend from budgetbyte? Or should I start a spinoff? I never heard of it before and it looks intriguing

imamazing

Tue, Mar 12 2024, 11:13 pm

Easiest is what I did today;-)
Bake bag of frozen breaded chicken nuggets ( I used the kj sesame ones cuz that was in my freezer . Then prepare a sauce ( 1 c ketchup, 1 c br sugar and 1 c water. You can used apricot jam instead of or part of ketchup )
When nuggets are baker smear sauce on both sides and bake another 10 mins. My kids devoured and asked me to make it again tomorrow ( never ever had that)
You can be sure that’s my new sesame chicken

Hashem_Yaazor

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:35 am

Odelyah wrote:

k got it.

do you use the full amount of brown sugar?

Full confession: I don't measure 😂
I eyeball almost everything and just use the recipe for guidance (maybe that's why it's fast for me!)
I taste as I go along so I honestly have no idea...

ra_mom

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:42 am

HakolTov wrote:

1/8 - 1/4 tsp ginger (if it's a fresh bottle the ground specifically can be sharp/spicy so don't go more than that to start with).
https://www.bhg.com/recipes/ho.....well.

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HakolTov

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 2:49 pm

ra_mom wrote:

1/8 - 1/4 tsp ginger (if it's a fresh bottle the ground specifically be be sharp/spicy so don't go more than that to start with).
https://www.bhg.com/recipes/ho.....well.

Thank you!

Living Princess

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 4:01 pm

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

I love the one from budget bytes
Ketchup doesn't belong in sesame chicken

1000% ketchup doesn't belong in any Chinese food.

Amarante

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 4:08 pm

Living Princess wrote:

1000% ketchup doesn't belong in any Chinese food.

Well technically Sesame Chicken is not a Chinese recipe,

It is a very Americanized dish that was created for the tastes of Americans.

But none of the Chinese food that is served at typical Chinese kosher restaurants has much resemblance to authentic Chinese food. At best it is like the food that was served in the neighborhood Chinese restaurants in Brooklyn during the 1950's. LOL