This baked sesame chicken recipe yields deliciously crispy, juicy, and flavorful chicken—without the need for deep-frying! We toss it in a slightly sweet, savory sauce that tastes just like restaurant-style sesame chicken.NOTE: This recipe was originally published on October 13, 2015.We have since updated it with higher resolution photos, metric measurements, and more information.

The recipe remains the same.Enjoy! A Super Popular Chinese Takeout Dish Sesame chicken is a hugely popular dish found on most Chinese restaurant menus, and it’s likely you’ve ordered it at some point.Perhaps even more likely is that you’ve had it at a Chinese buffet.

Every Chinese buffet restaurant has this dish on their steam table, to the point that it’s become as expected as an order of fries at McDonalds.I have to admit that my parents did not have sesame chicken on their takeout restaurant menu, which of course could mean that they missed the boat when they were menu planning! Orange Chicken is also a common takeout chicken dish, and if you like it, you can also try our Orange Chicken version cooked with proper aromatic spices.Simply delicious.

From the Chinese Buffet? I think that one of the reasons my parents didn’t put sesame chicken on their menu is that it has become more popular just in the last 20 to 30 years, as Chinese buffets came into vogue.I remember when we first moved to New Jersey from upstate New York to open the restaurant, there were no such Chinese b

Read More