Recipe by Gitty Wolf

Simply Sumptuous Sesame Chicken

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Meat Meat
Easy Easy
6 Servings
Allergens
35 Minutes
Diets

No Diets specified

When I got married, two and half years ago, I had absolutely zero cooking experience. My husband, though, is a master dessert chef, so I kind of felt a bit pressured to match up in the cooking department. Naturally, I turned to my very skilled mom for recipes and direction (thanks, Ma!). This was one of the simple but delicious recipes she provided.  I make it most Friday nights; the sauce keeps the chicken moist on the hot plate. Even Mr. Chef was impressed!

Ingredients

Main ingredients

  • 3 chicken breasts

  • 1 egg, beaten

  • 1/2 cup flour mixed with some paprika and garlic powder

  • oil, for frying

  • 1/3 cup Heaven & Earth Ketchup

  • 1/3 cup brown sugar

  • 1/3 cup water

  • sesame seeds, for garnish

Directions

Prepare the Chicken

1.

Dip chicken nuggets in beaten egg, then coat in flour mixture.

2.

Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the nuggets for two minutes on each side. (To cut time and calories, you can skip the frying. Just leave out the beaten egg, coat the chicken in flour, and place directly in pan to bake with the sauce.)

3.

Place chicken in a pan sprayed with cooking spray.

4.

Combine ketchup, brown sugar, and water and pour over chicken.

5.

Bake uncovered at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius) for 10–15 minutes (a bit longer if it wasn’t fried first).

Simply Sumptuous Sesame Chicken

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D. Schiff
D. Schiff
4 years ago

Simply Sumptuous Sesame Chicken Sounds yummy & easy! I’m also wondering about the sesame seeds. It’s not mentioned in any part of the recipe. How much? When to add or mix it in?

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CHARLENE PRESS
CHARLENE PRESS
4 years ago

cp When do you add the sesame seeds?

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Vera
Vera
4 years ago

Sesame Chicken Sounds good, but where’s the sesame in the list of ingredients and at what point do you add it to the dish? Before of after baking?

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Aliza
Aliza
5 years ago

How to Freeze? If I want to make it in advance, how would you recommend freezing? And then how should I warm it up? Thanks!

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Raquel
Raquel
Reply to  Aliza
5 years ago

You can either bread them and freeze them (not fried) and just fry them right before you will eat them or you can fry them and then freeze them. However, then you’d have to bake them to make sure they get crispy and crunchy again. I would add the sauce later.

Sarah Baruch
Sarah Baruch
2 years ago

I made this without frying first and it comes out so soft! even when u made it on erev Yom tov and reheated on Yom tov it stayed soft and moist! delicious!

Sarah Baruch
Sarah Baruch
2 years ago

I made this without frying first and it comes out so soft! even when u made it on erev Yom tov and reheated on Yom tov it stayed soft and moist! delicious!

miriam kaplan
miriam kaplan
2 years ago

HOW MUCH KETSHOP? WATER? BROWN SUGAR?

Esther Leah
Esther Leah
Reply to  miriam kaplan
2 years ago

1/3 cup of each, ketchup, water, brown sugar.

Ruti
Ruti
4 years ago

Perfect, the dipping and frying can be a bit fiddly but do NOT skip this step, it’s so worth it! The sauce was so simple to put together (I added the sesame seeds to the sauce) and when I tasted that first bite of chicken my eyes popped, it was that good! 🙂

Ellie Stroh
Ellie Stroh
2025 years ago

Delicious! I really like how simple the ingredients in this recipe are. Delicious! Comes out great (with frying, I never tried without frying).

Chaia Frishman
Chaia Frishman
Reply to  Ellie Stroh
5 years ago

My fave!

Pessy Sigal
Pessy Sigal
6 years ago

delicious really delicious and easy to make great for a last minute supper

Chaia Frishman
Chaia Frishman
Reply to  Pessy Sigal
6 years ago

Thanks for the feedback.

M S
M S
6 years ago

Free from frying SO SO delicious in the oven! No reason to bother frying at all!

Chaia Frishman
Chaia Frishman
Reply to  M S
6 years ago

Great!

Gayil E
Gayil E
6 years ago

This was the easiest recipe, made for a great dinner!

Chaia Frishman
Chaia Frishman
Reply to  Gayil E
6 years ago

Yum!