BETTER THAN TAKEOUT - Sesame Chicken Recipe
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To be honest, the first time I ate this I was thinking, no, Chinese people do not eat sesame chicken. And now, I make it every week. Seriously, who can say no to these crunchy nutty little bites of chicken? And this recipe could be the best sesame chicken you ever had.
🥢 RECIPE - Note: Here I want to correct a mistake in the video. At 03:16 I said to heat up the oil to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. It was an audio mistake, please keep the oil temperature at 380 degrees Fahrenheit while frying. I am really sorry about that. The video is already uploaded, I can't edit it anymore.
Ingredients to marinate the chicken (Serve 2-3 people with some white rice)
- 1 lb chicken thigh, cut into 1.5 inches cubes
- 2 cloves of garlic
- black pepper to taste
- 1.5 tsp of soy sauce [Amazon Link: geni.us/v0hk]
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 3/8 tsp of baking soda
- 1 egg white
- 0.5 tbsp of starch (add it to the marinade)
- 1 cup of Potato starch (use it to coat the chicken)
- 2 cups of oil to fry the chicken
Ingredients for the sauce
- 2 tbsp of Honey
- 3 tbsp of brown sugar
- 2.5 tbsp of Soy sauce [Amazon Link: geni.us/v0hk]
- 3 tbsp of water
- 2.5 tbsp of ketchup
- 1 tbsp of vinegar
- Sweet potato starch water to thicken the sauce (2 tsp of potato starch mixed with 2 tsp of water) (Amazon Link: geni.us/IJ9wX)
- 1 tbsp of sesame oil [Amazon Link: geni.us/NdAv]
- 1.5 tbsp of toasted sesame seeds [Amazon Link: geni.us/OP5d]
- Diced scallion as a garnish
INSTRUCTION
Cut some boneless and skin on chicken leg into 1-inch size pieces. You can use chicken breast if you wish to.
Marinate the chicken with 1 tsp of grated garlic, 1.5 tsp of soy sauce, 1/2 tsp of salt, some black pepper to taste, 3/8 tsp of baking soda, 1 egg white, and 1/2 tbsp of starch. Cornstarch, potato or sweet potato starch, they all work, depends on what you used for the coating later. Mix everything until well combined. Cover it and let it sit for 40 minutes.
Add half of the starch into a big container. Spread it out. Add in the chicken. Cover the meat with the other half of the starch. Put on the lid and shake for a few minutes or until the chicken is coated nicely
Heat up the oil to 380 F. Add the chicken piece by piece. In less than 2 minutes, you can feel that the surface is getting crispy and the color is slightly yellow. Take them out. Then we gonna do the second batch. Before that, you might want to fish out all those small little bits. It is optional but it does affect the quality of the oil.
Keep the temperature at 380 F, and fry the second batch of the chicken. Once you are done, let all the chicken rest for about 15 minutes and we gonna double fry the chicken. Double frying will stabilize the crunchiness so it last longer. At the end we will coat the chicken with some glossy sauce If you don’t double fry it, the chicken might not be crispy while serving. You just keep an eye on the color. In about 2 or 3 minutes, it will reach that beautiful golden color. Take them out and set it aside.
Next, we gonna make the sauce. In a large bowl, add in 3 tbsp of brown sugar, 2 tbsp of liquid honey, 2.5 tbsp of soy sauce, 2.5 tbsp of ketchup, 3 tbsp of water, 1 tbsp of vinegar. Mix them until well combined.
Put your wok on the stove and pour all the sauce in. There is some sugar sink in the bottom of the bowl, make sure you clean that. Keep stirring the sauce on medium heat. Bring it to a boil and pour in some potato starch water to thicken the sauce. This just 2 tsp of potato starch mixed with 2 tsp of water. Keep stirring until it reaches a thin syrup texture. Introduce the chicken back into the wok, along with a drizzle of sesame oil and 1.5 tbsp of a toasted sesame seed. Toss everything until the chicken is coated nicely. Take them out. Garnish it with some diced scallion and you are done. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
I'm happy it doesn't have any background music.
Catiting33 thanks God. She has a light voice.
I know right!
@Kam Mike its distracting and gets repetitive
@Kam Mike Bruh, take a Xanax.. or 23...
Kam Mike it’s annoying. I came to watch a video demonstrating how to make sesame chicken, NOT to be inundated with crappy background music.
It took me about 1 and 1/2 hours to make this (and I made a huge mess...) but the outcome was AMAZING! I was a little skeptical about the sauce because it had a bunch of random things in it, but I was proven wrong. I’m 13 and my 16 year old brother helped a bit, so if 2 teenagers can do this, I’m sure you can too!
i didnt know you were that young. am thinking of using our electric deep fryer for the first first fry to save time coz i need to catch up on wow expansion. and this week is double experience with the pet. if u have one have ur brother clean it. haha
Nice job!
@AKB All Star I mean, I know how old I am. If you don’t believe me, that’s fine (^-^)
I totally believe you are 13. I can't imagine why anyone would doubt you. Kudos to you for making this at 13. You are going to be a great cook!
@@MrCharlesEldredge thank you! (￣▽￣)
Warning ⚠️ alert here!
This is the best recipe of sesame chicken u can ever have at home! Do it!!! I did it..and literally I was crying hahahah it’s perfect!!!
Just made this - after the first bite I had to lay on the floor. This is not a lie. It literally made me faint. The sauce is EXACTLY what you want it to be when you crave sesame chicken.
😂
Are you a Chihuahua or a Saint Bernard!?
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It was that good huh! Bless.your heart ❤😂
Here I want to correct a mistake in the video. At 03:16 I said to heat up the oil to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. It was an audio mistake, please keep the oil temperature at 380 degrees Fahrenheit while frying. I am really sorry about that. The video is already uploaded, I can't edit it anymore.
Please anwer me 😔, im doing it right now. I dont have honey May i use more sugar? Xie xie
yes, you can use moree sugar.
Thank you, I thought so about the temp.
Lorrie ezexema
Your recipes are wonderful......May I ask if you have a recipe for "Sam Gip Tai".....I have looked everywhere and have not been able to locate one.....Thank you for consideration.
I tried this recipe and used corn starch because that’s what I had in my pantry. My kids loved it so much! Tastes just like take out!
you must've messed it up.
it's supposed to taste better than takeout.
i kid, i kid..... :)
i'm gonna' give it a go tomorrow.
I'm Korean and I use corn starch. Many chinese restaurants use corn starch too because it's far cheaper.
@@clownbaby7224 so can I use corn starch instead of potato starch?
@@zak3172 Most definitely.
Which frying oil did you use?
i made this today for my family (i’m an inexperienced teenager) and it turned out FLAWLESS. this is the first recipe i’ve made where everything looks exactly like the pictures/videos shown and all of the indication in the recipe happened flawlessly at the perfect time. thanks for this recipe and i’ll be making more. my family loves it so much
well done you Hussein
:) it's a joy to learn to cook and it is a skill which will serve you for your entire life
Sob almost burned the house!
Hussein...follow the recipe (read it before starting) and you can make about anything. Many chefs try to make the recipe appear more difficult than it should be - ignore those recipes and go to another channel. Mandy is an excellent instructor. I've followed her recipe for won tons (they didn't look like hers but they stayed sealed so all was good.
@@marinazagrai1623 which mandy
My son is a super picky eater, he’s 16 and hates everything lol he just told me this is the best chicken he’s ever had. I finally learned how to make these properly, thank you so much for sharing!
Don't feed him, make him work, don't give him money.
Boom. He will eat anything. Some people don't have the choice of what they are going to eat.
@@CyanideOwl the worst parents will do this ngl
@@CyanideOwl, that is how people with poor taste in life are raised.
@@CyanideOwl wtf is wrong with you
Careful I know a lot of guys who can't eat vegetables cuz their parents let them be picky they become sick and overweight later or just sick...but idk your life just saying
Who else was starving watching this then drowned in their own saliva?
Yep, I’m dribbling and I'm not even hungry; I just ate!
Me!
Yup!
Please call the lifeguard, I'm still drowning!
Me, and worse is that I haven't gotten paid and even when that happens... I have little time to cook my own stuff lately...
If you haven't got a spray for the starch mix, wet a fine metal sieve, let the excess water drip off in the sink and then lightly tap the sieve over your mix
Genius! Thank you, would have never thought of that!
I just wet my hand and sprinkled with my fingers. It worked just fine.
@@lers4201 seive is the same thing just has more surface area :)
Kung Fu
Great idea. I don’t have a spray bottle so I was thinking of buying one this week.
I already have a sieve though so I’ll use that instead and use the money saved to buy more chicken lol
that's exactly what I thought of hahah
I have made this recipe probably a dozen times since I first watch this video, I wanted to take a minute to finally come back here and say thank you, and for anyone who is thinking about trying this just give it a shot. I basically know the whole recipe by heart now
Thank you
I made this tonight and my husband said, "I hit it out of the park". He loved it! If I did anything different next time, I would double the sauce. It was delicious!!! Thank you!
Made this a week ago and now I'm back again because my husband has been hounding me all week to make it again! This is a winner in my house!
Same with my boyfriend! He loves it and so do I 😋
so are chitlins
@@Nat3_H1gg3rs 😂😂😂😂 not in my house. Pig intestines, no way! I can't see why anyone would eat chitlins...but I can't tell my daddy's people that lol.
@@heritage.home.crochet yea I was bout.to say I'm on your team with this one but my mother's family would exile me for not eating them dirty shits lmao
You are also...nothing but a hound dog!
"Very cute, like me" LOL Love the spray bottle trick to creating crunchy bits. I will definitely be adding that to my bag of tricks. Thanks!
Santanu Datta 😂That made me laugh too
That made me laugh too!
I made the sauce for my daughter because she absolutely loves sesame chicken but it can be pricey. We ate it over white rice and I have to say it is truly beyond better then restaurant quality. We loved it so much we're making it again for seconds...Thanks so much for the recipe. It's going to be one of our favorites!!!!
This is literally the best chicken ive ever made... ive never made chicken this crispy before! im so happy that you broke down the science and everything behind it..thank you sososososo much!! Youre a gem♥️💐
it was absolutely the crunchiest chicken I've ever had , my husband said it was really good with a thumbs up while eating it !!!
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Go vegan. Plant-based meat taste better.
@@justinfrazier3610 why have plant based meat when you can just have meat?
I AM GOING TO TRY IT ,IT SOUND SO CROUCHED
Where is the recipe????
You have an extremely charming on camera personality and soothing voice.
@timothy chung Lol wtf. Why are you bringing race into this?
@timothy chung What a tasteless thing to say. All I meant is that she's very charismatic and seems like a sweet person.
Thank you! Lol
@@hilbertsinn6886 I know right lol
@timothy chung Please stick to the comments on the recipe and stop judging the others
When I moved to Greece from New York sesame chicken was what I missed the most! Now I can make it myself and I am so happy. Thank you for sharing this amazing recipe with us🥰
I made this today, and it truly is better than take out! You can't beat homemade cooking, the taste is that sesame really stands out when it's fresh.
I tried making this Sesame Chicken and tested it out on the family
I got a 10/10 whoop whoop
A nice simple easy recipe and thank you to the host for your instructions
I know right lol
Hello, delicious recipe, I made it last night with a few changes.
I added some minced ginger to the chicken while it marinated.
I found the sauce to be much too sweet for my taste so i added red pepper flakes, orange juice, and more soy sauce as well as some sliced green onion. Super delicious and the double fry method really made a huge difference, especially with the starch method you showed.
Thank you for sharing, I will be making this again
That sounds good, but why did you use orange juice if you thought it was too sweet?
@@mathaibunny2476 i needed to water down the sauce without losing flavor, and i thought that the orange juice would work- and it did! :)
mixed gal it gives it more acidity
How much orange juice did u use??
@@bellacj2040 i don't remember to be honest, i think it was about 1/4 cup or a generous splash
I’ve made this recipe a couple time times and it gets better and better. Definitely the best recipe I’ve come across ❤️
Made this for my family a coupltof weeks ago and then LOVED IT i’m making it again today for iftar ! Its really delicious and if u don’t have potato starch i just used corn starch and it worked magically!
I loved your comments about sesame chicken not being traditional Chinese cuisine, but that you love it.
Fusion cuisine at its best. Chinese cooks have been modifying dishes to suit their patrons all over the world for centuries. All with little fan fare or thanks. Here is a place where all their work is appreciated. At the same time, we all tip our hats to the traditional masters who created this amazing cuisine.
I made this dish last night and my wife was blown away by how good it is. So far I have made the Orange Chicken and the Sesame Chicken, both were outstanding. The directions are easy to follow and well worth the effort.
I’ve made this for my family several times now and they absolutely love it! It’s better then what we used to order! Thank you angel, definitely one of my most favorite dishes to enjoy💖
She’s so lovely and positive. ♥️ And the recipes are outstanding!
**FINALLY!!!** I always wondered how the best GTC restaurants got those little crunch bumps on them! Really makes a difference in the finished dish. Thanks, Mandy! You came through once again. Keep up the great work.
Mandy! You deserve all the compliments you are receiving. You are obviously working very hard. Always very well explained. Greetings from Australia😊
This is such an AMAZING recipe!!!!!! I made this yesterday and it worked out perfectly. It tasted so delicious 10/10. Definitely recommend!!!
I am currently eating this and it is delicious! This is the first chicken that I cooked. It has no sesame seeds and I used cornstarch instead. Thank you for the recipe.
6:08 That crunch though omg. You need to open a restaurant. This looks so gooood.
Thanks she my wife and we love her cooking
This was so amazing, finally a sauce that doesn’t leave me thinking that it could be better! Also the crunchy chicken...awesome.
I made this tonight and it was phenomenal! I was a bit skeptical and was wary of the amount of good comments but oh my God it is divine. So easy, so quick (1 hr and a bit) and so so tasty!
Omg.. I literally just prepared this and it's Amazing 🥰🤩 Thank you for sharing your Souped Up Recepies 😊🙏🏽
OMG, i can't thank you enough, my taste buds have still not recovered from the delicious tantalizing recipe you just gave us!..Mouthwatering delicious, a delight that makes you not want to share! A MAZ ING!!!!! ..
Seriously this is an amazing recipe! My husband and I had this for dinner last night & we couldn’t believe how good it was! Thank you! This is going in our family recipe book & I shared your video with my friends & family! 💕
I made this tonight. So,so good! Perfect balance of sweet and tangy sauce. And perfect crunch from your technique. Thank you Ma’am and I hope you get more subscriber!
I made this tonight. Absolutely perfect. Totally delicious. Thank you so much!
This is so incredible and authentic tasting! Will be making very often! The double frying really takes it to the next level, never would have thought of that!
Here in 2020. This recipe is amazing and very simple to follow. I am 15 years old and I have very little cooking knowledge and it was so easy and my whole family enjoyed this.
Made this tonight for the wife & kids! Hands down the BEST sesame chicken we've had. Way better than your average restaurant's version! Thank you for the delicious recipe. 😋
This was one of my favorite take out items - tried it and am so pleased with it. I can't wait to make it again and try some more recipes. THANKS!
Made this last night for dinner. It was amazing! Crispy! So good! Best thing I have eaten in a long time.
Tbh first I thought it’s such a long video for a sesame chicken but the techniques you have shown is really amazing and it was worth watching every second of your video.
am 18, made this at uni after spending too much money on eating out. this recipe is amazing, doubled up the recipe to make more for later, didnt use a thermometer, just went by eye - turned out insanely good. highly recommend.
I made this and my family loved it ❤️ takes a while but it is so worth it. thank you 🙏
I just made this. My household is amazed! So good
I just made this and it tasted INCREDIBLE. One of the best recipes I’ve ever followed in my entire life ❤️ Thank you!
I made your sesame chicken today for lunch, OMG it came out so good. The chicken was tender, crispy crust, and the sauce came out perfect. Thank you so much. I watch all your video's and just lately have been doing your recipes up and hubby is a happy man...
I just made this and it’s amazing. Best recipe ever. Finger licking good. Thanks, thanks, thanks.
This was delicious and my husband loved it. LOVED it!! Me too. Thank you for your great recipes!
Made a bunch of this tonight and can confirm it is awesome. Definitely a bit labour intensive and will be messy but it is very worth it. Now I know how to get that crispy chicken base can try it with different sauces. Thank you for the recipe!
I just made this recipe for my family and they loved it 🥰 it was so good! The meat was tender and the crunch is a nice surprise when you take that first bite!
Just made this, absolutely amazing. Exactly as you say, better than the takeaway. Thanks very much.
“It’s so cute, hehe, like me”
lolcute
Lol she is pretty freakin stinkin adorable isn't she!
Simp
@@valeriew4833 That is why I started watching this channel.
Yes, very cute!
people calling themselves cute usually makes them less cute.
7:06 "very cute haha like me" 😂😂😂 subscribed
Lol dope
I have made this wonderful recipe this evening and my wife & I both found it absolutely wonderful. It’s full of exquisite favour and texture. It’s going to be a regular favourite. Thank you for taking the trouble to share the recipe. Paul
It tasted so authentic!!! My favorite recipe of all time i loved it so much and my mom did too!
Thank you Chef Mandy. Your videos are always entertaining, and very well organized.
This was amazing! Everyone enjoyed it. I'm from the UK and used corn flour instead of the potato starch. Worked really well. Thanks for another great recipe 🙂
Just tried this recipe with your wok (which I gave to my son to take to college). It came out fantastic. everyone was impressed! Loved the wok so much, I am buying another one for me. Both the wok and the recipe are repeats!
I made this today and my family loved it. Definitely a keeper. I only had corn starch and used chicken breast. Turned out wonderfully. Thanks!
I must try this, it looks fantastic and not too complicated.
Thanks for posting this.
I was thinking of making some sweet & sour chicken today, but this looks even better! What perfect timing to release a new video! :)
I'm thinking the same thing... it's a toss up
Thank you so much!! I also appreciate that you put the directions in the description this was amazing!!✨I forgot to mention I used chicken breast and cornstarch and it still tasted amazing!! Usually chicken breast is dry but it wasn't with this recipe!!
Thank you so much for this recipe! I am so excited I learned how to make the chicken extra crispy via the douple fry technique. I liked the trick you showed as well about adding water to the starch. Great job making the video. Keep them coming!
I have already tried this receipt and the orange chicken. OMG! Everyone in my home loved it. I recommend to make a lot because, you won’t be happy if you don’t make enough. I made so much that there was enough for next day. I put the left over in the refrigerator. The chicken taste good cold too and to my surprise, the chicken was still soft. Great recipe. Thank you 😊 🙏
Absolutely delicious. My family loves this dish. Thanks for sharing your receipe.
Making this right now, bf is on the way home from work and we're making it as a thank you to my family for helping us move! Thank you for this recipe we make it all the time!
This is legit the best chicken recipe I’ve come across! I made it even a second time for my family and it’s insane. I highly recommend it
Will definitely make this soon, I'm drooling. Thanks for the recipe.
We have made this a few times now and we absolutely love it! We have a lot of people to feed so it's a lot of work and makes a horrible mess but it's worth it!
I am considering processing a bunch of chicken through the first frying and putting it into the freezer. Then all we have to do is pull out some chicken and make some sauce. We could cut down the time it takes us to get to eat and cut down on most of the mess. The hardest thing about doing this would be processing a bunch of chicken and not eating any...
I felt compelled to come and comment. I typically go for more authentic Chinese dishes and I love her recipes; so when I saw this, I simply had to try it. HOT DAMN. My partner said he’d never get take out sesame chicken again cuz it just doesn’t compare. This was beyond the most delicious sesame chicken I’ve ever consumed.. edit: I also just bought the wok with same day delivery :). THANK YOU!!!
Thank you, you are so nice. Hope you enjoy using the wok.
We had it again for dinner tonight! It’s the most delicious meal ever and so easy to make. We all did the crunch test and passed every single time!
I made this for my family and everyone loved it! This was my first time cooking for my whole family so it was a bit of a challenge but it was pretty successful!
You are awesome. Love your way of cooking. Thank you so much for sharing.
I made this tonight because I was so tired of the same old baked chicken and I'm so glad I found this video!!! Delicious recipe! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 If you like your glaze a little more sweeter just add a tablespoon of white sugar and another tablespoon on ketchup 😋
I just made this and it is super easy and delicious ! Thank you for the recipe ❤️
I usually eat sesame chickens a lot at the Chinese restaurant. From now, I will try this dish at home with your recipe. Thank you!
I love her accent, and the Simplicity of her recipes.
This is AMAZING!! Be sure to double the sauce part! THANK YOU!!!
I tried it. The end result was very good, I was surprised. This is by far the best recipe I've ever tried. Most recipes online taste nothing like carry-out. This one tastes just like it. I couldn't find sweet potato starch so I used potato starch. It was extremely white even after frying a long time but the sauce gave it a good color despite the ghostly white chicken. I'll use flour next time as I can really fry up some crunchy golden brown chicken from my Popeyes days. The sauce had me worried as it reeked of vinegary ketchup up but as it cooked and caramelized the flavor got richer and closer to that restaurant quality sauce. It literally transformed into an award winning sauce lol. It is very sweet so I'll probably lay off some of the sugar and use dark brown sugar next time which shouldn't have as much pure cane sugar in it.
I can't wait to try it. Thanks so much. Update! Husband said it's one of the best meals I've made.....I twisted it just a bit. I let the chicken sit for 24 hours in the frig. Thanks so much....new subscriber.
I just made this dish, we loved it!!! Thank you!!! And yes it is better than take out!!!✌
This looks absolutely delicious. I am definitely going to try this recipe. Thank you so much!
I have been making this dish now for a long time, it always comes off perfectly! Thank you Mandy!
Oh wow I will be getting that work when it comes out !!! How beautiful and you put a lot of thought into it!!!
Such a pretty wok and I love the wooden lid, congratulations on your product launch and thank you for sharing.
3rd time making this… AMAZING. Way better than anything I’ve had at a restaurant and this is my favorite thing to order at “Chinese” restaurants in the US.
Can't wait to make this tonight! This is the perfect recipe I was looking for!
Wow this looks scrumptious and I love the double frying technique! That sauce is everything! Thank you for sharing!👍
I've made this a few times already. I'm back because, I'm going to make some more right now! I have my chicken in the fridge marinating... Can't wait, this recipe is off the hook! I'm my own worst critic, and I'll tell you, even I liked my cooking! haha...
Thank you for sharing this recipe w us! We love you, and your cooking!!!
Big fan of this channel. On my birthday a couple years ago, my wife surprised me with this wok. I use it all the time and its still amazing! I love all the recipes thank you for sharing with us!
Just made it and came out delicious!!! Thanks for sharing! ☺️💕
Great recipe. However, it even becomes better if you use 50/50 cornstarch and flour mixture. This combination will ensure a kind of liquified coating, which results in a crispier bite and better oil quality after frying
That looked fantastic I think I'll be making some of This . Keep up the great work
I just cooked this and let me just say thank you because it was AMAZING !!!!! My husband and children loved it so much 💖 😊
I've been making this recipe for years thanks to you Souped! It's super easy and soooo delicious!