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The accompanying sauce is a unique blend of sour from horseradish sauce and sweet from plum jelly.  It sometimes helps to place those ingredients in a microwave container and “nuke” for 20-30 seconds to get the jelly to liquify a bit before mixing.

My mom would typically serve this dish with a vegetable on the side and rice that had been cooked with a packet of onion soup mix.

How To Make Sesame Chicken

Yield: 4

Sesame Chicken, American Style

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Sesame Chicken Recipe - crispy sesame seed battered chicken nuggets that are great with or without sauce.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 26 minutes

Total Time 36 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups buttermilk
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. pepper
• 1 tsp. soy sauce
• 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 Tbsp. Greek seasoning
• 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 tsp. paprika
• Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1-2 cups flour
• ¼ cup sesame seeds
• oil for frying

Sweet and Sour Sauce

• 1 small jar red plum jelly
• 1 ½ tsp. lemon juice
• 1 ½ Tbsp. horseradish
• 1 ½ Tbsp. mustard

Instructions

1. Mix together first 8 ingredients. Place in an airtight container and add desired amount of boneless chicken breast that has been cut into bite size pieces. Marinate several hours or overnight.
2. Preheat oil over medium-high heat for 10 minutes in a large skillet.
3. Combine flour and sesame seeds. Drain chicken breasts. Dip a few pieces of chicken at a time in the flour mixture.
4. Deep fry until thoroughly cooked. Salt to taste if desired.

For the Sauce: Mix together all ingredients. Serve over chicken or as a dip.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 427Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 2112mgCarbohydrates: 63gFiber: 4gSugar: 10gProtein: 21g

Nutrition information is an approximation.

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This sesame chicken is not spicy on its own, so if you want some heat, you will need to dip it in a sauce.  If you are gluten-sensitive, you could substitute gluten-free rice flour for the (wheat) flour.  If you have any leftovers, they should keep in the refrigerator for a couple of days.  Just reheat them in the microwave.

This dish is great with a side of green beans or broccoli along with some Minute Rice cooked according to directions PLUS a packet of onion soup mix.

Curious as to which came first – the chicken or the egg?  Head over to the Smithsonian Magazine and read the article 14 Fun Facts About Chicken and discover the answer to the age-old question.

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What’s your favorite dipping sauce?