Sesame Chicken

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 46.

	this recipe	typical
egg	20%	0%
liquid	48%	2%
leavener	0%	0%
aromatics	1%	1%
sweetener	17%	8%
fat	177%	1%

Where it stands out

• #1 of 46 for browning depth
• #1 of 46 for crust crunch
• #46 of 46 for greasiness

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

240 g	1 cup chicken stock
118 g	1/2 cup water
128 g	1/2 cup soy sauce
85 g	1/4 cup honey
60 g	1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
40 g	3 tablespoons light brown sugar
16 g	2 tablespoons cornstarch
14 g	1 tablespoon sesame oil
680 g	1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch chunks (skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch chunks)
14 g	1 tablespoon sesame oil
6 g	2 garlic cloves (minced)
6 g	1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
2 g	1 teaspoon chili paste (can substitute a couple pinches of red pepper flakes)
150 g	3 egg whites
192 g	1 1/2 cups cornstarch
60 g	1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 g	1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1308 g	6 cups vegetable oil (for frying)
	Sesame seeds (to garnish)
	Scallions (sliced, to garnish)

Method: 8 steps, published by www.browneyedbaker.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“145 comments so I thought I’d give this a try. I typically don’t take the timeout to post comments, but I just wanted to save people the wasted time and aggravation to make this recipe. Plenty of recipes out there which take a fraction of the time and are ” — a cook, 1.0★

“Absolutely delish. However, I do think that mixing the 1/2 flour and the 1 1/2 cup cornstarch was way too much coating, I ended up throwing much of that away. This is definitely a recipe that I printed off and saved on pintrest so I never misplace it.” — a cook, 4.0★