Recipe here.
Oh my goodness, this was delicious. So, so good. So good. Did I mention this was so, so good? I believe I am in love with Budget Bytes. At first, I was predisposed to dislike it, because of the perky tone of the author, and expressions like "Ooey gooey" which I detest so much that I previously refused to make any recipe that used this revolting phrase. (Ditto "guilt free." I refuse to feel guilty for eating, and I resent the assumption that I'll make a recipe because it won't make me feel guilty.) But I have forgiven her everything, because the recipes at this blog are so, so amazing. I'm totally buying her book. Probably for my birthday, because I usually get at least one Amazon gift card.
This recipe for Sesame Chicken seriously tastes like something you'd get at a Chinese restaurant, and we all devoured it extremely quickly, especially Baby B, who pronounced it "Ummy." The sauce, in particular, is rather wonderful. The first time I made it, I forgot the sesame seeds, and it was still wonderful.
The only thing I'd change about this is the coating you put on the chicken. Mine didn't stick at all. It still tasted good, but I'd prefer it to stay on the chicken. So the next time I make this, I'm going to try dredging the raw chicken in cornstarch before dipping it in the egg/cornstarch mixture, in the hopes that it makes the coating stick this time. If it doesn't, the next time I might try plain flour, although I suspect that would make it too crispy. Oh well, whatever happens, this recipe is an absolute winner, and I add it to our regular rotation of recipes.
One more thing is that the estimated serving sizes are tiny. We finished off this entire recipe between the three of us, and although we are pretty greedy people, we're not extraordinarily greedy. And one of us is two years old. So. Yeah.
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