Grammy's Kitchen · Sesame Chicken · Instant Pot sesame chicken
One of 46 sesame chicken recipes we measured
150 cooks on littlesunnykitchen.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 46.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 0% | 2% |
| aromatics | 1% | 1% |
| sweetener | 17% | 8% |
| fat | 0% | 1% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 907 g | 2 pounds chicken breasts (boneless and skinless, cut into bite-size or 1-inch pieces) |
| 128 g | 1/2 cup low-sodium soy sauce |
| 6 g | 2 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 1 g | 1 inch ginger (peeled and grated) |
| 68 g | 1/4 cup ketchup |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon hot sauce or sriracha |
| 85 g | 1/4 cup honey (or brown sugar) |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon cornstarch (and 1 tablespoon water) |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon sesame seeds (to garnish) |
| chopped green onion (to garnish) |
Method: 7 steps, published by littlesunnykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I've been making this dish about every three weeks since I discovered it back in 2022, and it's a family favorite (my son: Dad, I could eat this every day). To increase the amount of "sauce" I also add a quarter-cup of teriyaki sauce and sometimes might do a q” — a cook, 5.0★
“Made this for the first time and it was excellent! I winged it a bit on amounts of ingredients and also I let it do natural release after pressure cooking. I often have problems thickening with corn starch, but this one worked well and even stayed thick when r” — a cook, 5.0★