Sesame Chicken
To celebrate Chinese new year we’re excited to share our fantastic authentic tasting Sesame Chicken recipe with you! The chicken is fried to golden brown crispy perfection, then tossed in a wonderful sweet and sour sesame sauce.
This recipe uses Mellow Yellow Rapeseed Oil which is low in saturated fat and high in Omega 3, making this recipe ideal for a healthy and balanced diet. Simply click here to find your nearest stockist.
Ingredients
For the marinade:
500g chicken breast, sliced into thin strips
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp Chinese rice wine
½ tbsp white pepper
2-3cm chunk of ginger, peeled and very finely chopped
For the batter:
2 medium eggs (beaten)
100g cornflour
For the sauce:
3 tbsp Mellow Yellow Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil
1 tsp sesame oil
3 cloves of garlic, crushed
Small bunch of spring onions, sliced into thin rounds
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp white pepper
1¼ tsp salt
5 tbsp tomato ketchup
2 tsp cornflour
2 tbsp water
250ml Mellow Yellow Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil, for frying
Method
Place your chicken strips in a large bowl. Pour over soy sauce, Chinese rice wine, white pepper and ginger. Make sure the chicken in fully coated in the sauce and leave to marinade whilst you make the batter.
Gradually add the beaten eggs to the cornflour until you get a thick, smooth batter (you may not need to use all of the egg). Pour this over your chicken and mix to fully coat each piece of chicken.
In a wok or deep sauté pan, heat up 250ml of Mellow Yellow Rapeseed Oil on a medium high heat. Fry your chicken in small batches for a few minutes until golden. Take care not to overcrowd the pan and turn the chicken half way through cooking to ensure it is cooked on both sides. Place the cooked chicken in the oven to keep warm while you fry the remaining chicken.
Once all the chicken has been cooked, in a clean wok or deep sauté pan, add Mellow Yellow Rapeseed Oil, sesame oil, garlic and spring onions. Fry for a few minutes and then add salt, pepper and sugar. Fry for a few minutes more until the seasoning has fully dissolved. Add tomato ketchup and mix together. In a small bowl, mix the cornflour and water together then pour into your sauce. Stir and keep on the heat until the sauce becomes thick and shiny. Pour the fried chicken into the sauce and stir until fully coated.
Serve and enjoy!
After you've used Mellow Yellow for deep frying in this recipe, make sure you reuse or dispose of your oil safely, read our blog post here.
