Easy crispy oven baked Chinese Chicken tossed in a sticky honey sesame sauce.
Who needs takeout Honey Sesame Chicken when its faster and so much healthier to make at home?
Chinese Honey Sesame Chicken isnt huge in Australia.
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In fact, I rarely see it on Chinese restaurant menus.
My first experience was at a hotel buffet (dont judge me!)
(Ok, judge me!)
To this day, I remain perplexed why Honey Sesame Chicken hasnt made it to our shores.
I mean, crispy chicken tossed in a sweet salty sauce loaded with sesame flavours.
What is wrong with us?
We need to start a Honey Sesame Chicken Revolution.
Honey Sesame Chicken is usually deep fried which gives it a lovely crunchy coating.
I dont deep fry for midweek meals.
Too much effort, too much mess, and my waistline cant afford it.
So this is how I make Honey Sesame Chicken for a midweek meal by baking it.
MOST of the crunch.
All of the flavour.
Dont you think this looks lovely and crispy??
This recipe has the ultimate validation from a member of my family.
I have a lot of willing taste testers in my life.
But I rarely get helpful feedback from them.
(OMG, everybody loved it!
does not count asconstructivefeedback!)
On the other hand, we have my family mother, brother and sister.
Always respectful, always appreciative when someone cooks.
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But…..we definitely dont hold back if we have….erm….. thoughts.
Trust me, it goes both ways.
I give it as good as good as I get it!
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That evening, I got a text.
The chicken was really nice., my sister wrote.
But your rice needs work.
My rice, dry?
And so began a string of fiery text messages back and forth about the rice.
But this isnt about my rice.
Its about the Honey Sesame Chicken.
It has my sisters stamp of approval.
Go forth and enjoy!
