Sesame Chicken

So this is my version of Sesame Chicken. I know a lot of people love the traditional kind of like Americanized sesame chicken for years. I was like, oh, sesame chicken, you know, people should try all these other things.

Why You’ll Love This

But I recently realized that if people already love sesame chicken so much, what I should try and do is add some authentic Chinese flavors to sesame chicken. Hopefully people will learn to love the different things that Chinese cuisine has going on.

I like the fact that this version sauteed. So healthier.

Ingredients

• chicken
• tapioca starch
• sesame oil
• scallions (larger cut)
• ginger (larger cut)
• minced ginger
• fermented black beans
• oil
• For the sauce:
  • soy sauce
  • fish sauce
  • chili oil
  • garlic
  • ginger
• white sesame seeds
• scallions (for color)

Instructions

1. Judge the chicken in some tapioca starch.
2. Heat up a walk with some sesame oil.
3. Toss in some scallions and ginger.
4. Put in the fermented black beans.
5. Toss in the chicken.
6. Add a little bit more oil.
7. Keep cooking this for about eight minutes.

Cooking Tips

You want to really coat it well in the tapioca starch as you can see here.

If you want it fully coated, no pieces are sticking together.

So you want the oil to be hot, glistening, shiny and pretty.

You want that chicken to be like get a nice crispy coat.

Serving Suggestions

Serve it with a little bit of scallion rice that we made earlier.

I love serving the chicken with a little bit of scallion rice since it’s both of them are kind of like sweet, salty, tangy on its own. And awesome together.

Top with a little bit of white sesame seeds and some scallions for color.

And there you have it, sesame chicken.