Family Favorite Sesame Chicken

Restaurant Quality. I doubled the sauce and recommend doing this. I used 1 1/2 teaspoons of ginger instead of the 2 teaspoons indicated after double the ingredients. I will add 2 teaspoons next time. I used 2 tablespoons of sesame oil and increased the garlic. If you do not marinate your chicken you will lose some of the flavor but it will still be a good dish. My DH said to make this again so that means MAKE IT:)

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Great flavor to this recipe. I did much of the prep work the day before. I cut the chicken into pieces, combined all the sauce ingredients (I doubled up on it) and put the cornstarch in a bowl so it was ready to coat the chicken in. I've made a note to myself to sift the cornstarch to get rid of any lumps. I wanted each chicken piece to be lightly coated with the cornstarch but that didn't happen because my cornstarch was too lumpy. I toasted the sesame seeds in a dry skillet.

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Great dish. I made a minor adjustment. We don't like the five spice powder so we add powdered ginger and cinnamon to the sauce (2 of the 5). I'm really not sure frying the chicken is needed. I think it might be just as good with uncoated chicken. Great stuff, thanks.

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Good, flavorful sauce and the chicken turned out very moist. Next time I'd leave out the 5 Spice powder as it was a little overwhelming.

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Definitely need to double the sauce on this one. I added more honey and pepper flakes than called for. Really good, though!

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This is completely and utterly fantastic. The sauce is exactly what you want when you want sesame chicken. In fact, it is so good, I think you could skip the frying and simply grill the marinated chicken and it would still be wonderful! I doubled the sauce and used fresh ginger, otherwise made as directed and served with fried rice.

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I tried this a couple of weeks ago and just made it a second time per request. My family loves it. I advise using the Chinese 5 spice, and frying in a mix of peanut and canola oil - it really makes a difference. I used 2 Tablespoons of brown sugar in the sauce because it wasn't sweet enough for us the first time, but my 4 boys like the chicken without any of the sauce as well. I added blanched broccoli and fresh red bell peppers for color and texture just before serving. It was every bit as good as what we eat at restaurants.

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This family favorite is restaurant quality for sure! I followed to a tee but used extra garlic & sesame oil. Paired it with brown rice infused w/garlic and chicken broth. This will definitely be on my rotation. Thank you anme for a wonderful 5 star dish!

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Delicious! I made this for my family and we devoured it. Its easy to prepare and it tastes just like our favorite restaurant. I really liked the marinade for this dish, really makes it. Thank you for taking the time to figure out the recipe.

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Overall this was a pretty good recipe. I didn't have time to marinate the chicken but I didn't feel like it was missing any flavor. Next time I'll either use low sodium soy sauce or cut the regular soy with water, thought it was a bit too salty for my taste. I will probably add a little more honey, we're used to a little bit more sweetness. Other than that, a great recipe!

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This is my favorite sesame chicken recipe. I make it all the time. Delicious!

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We really enjoyed this recipe. I made half with chicken and half with tofu and both were very good. I omitted the Chinese Five Spice powder as we do not like it, and served with brown rice. It even got compliments from my picky eater! Will be having this again.

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The kids and I thought this dish came out very good. I made it as written except for omitting the sesame seeds (forgot them), pepper flakes (spice challenged daughter) and 5 spice powder (I just don't care for it). I will definitely make this again as it was comparable to the sesame chicken we get at the Chinese restaurant. (67)

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Sorry, but we really didn't care for this one. I made as is except halving the recipe and leaving out the sesame seeds since we didn't have them. The taste was nothing like restaurant sesame chicken. Don't think I'll make again. Sorry!

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Yummy recipe :) Definitely doubling the sauce next time

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Very good! I enjoyed making what I have always enjoyed without the price tag..

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This was really good. So easy. I might make this with real ginger next time and a bit more pepper flakes, but otherwise it's a keeper!

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I actually didn't do the chicken like the recipe called for, I just made the sauce. We liked the flavor and I loved that it made plenty of sauce. I added cauliflower, snow peas and carrots after I cooked some chicken with garlic and sesame oil. I also forgot to garnish with the onions and sesame seeds. We

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This recipe is definitely a keeper. I never knew making Asian food could be so simple. Like other posters I didn't fry the chicken but just cooked it in the pan with some vegetable oil and it came out wonderfully except the cornstarch seemed to cook off of it, I'll have to find a way to fix that next time. Thank you for posting this!

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