Honey Garlic Sesame Chicken

I’m always looking for new chicken recipes to make for my family, and this Honey Garlic Sesame Chicken may just be one of my new favorites. I adapted this recipe from a recipe for Baked Honey Garlic Chicken on  Delish.com . I wanted to turn it into more of a chicken dish to eat over rice, so I decided to make it with diced chicken pieces instead.

I also thicken up the glaze some and left out the Spiracha sauce, because I wasn’t in the mood for spicy.

I absolutely love how this Honey Garlic Sesame Chicken turned out! It made a great meal for the whole family. For my little ones I just left off the garnish of Sesame Seeds and scallions, because they are super picky about what they eat. Hopefully someday they will truly appreciate the finer things in life, like scallions and sesame seeds. They topped off this chicken perfectly! Hope you enjoy!

Honey Garlic Sesame Chicken

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

35 mins

 

Author: Sugar n' Spice Gals

Serves: 6 servings

Ingredients

• 2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breast tenders (cut into quarter size cubes)
• 2 tbsp of olive oil for cooking chicken
• ½ c. low-sodium soy sauce
• ½ c. honey
• 2 tsp minced garlic
• Juice of 2 limes ( about 3-4 tbsp lime juice)
• ¼ c..sesame oil (may substitute with olive oil)
• 3 tbsp. cornstarch
• Sesame seeds and scallions for garnish
• salt and pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Dice Chicken breast tenders into small bite size pieces, then salt and pepper
3. Make glaze in medium bowl by whisking together soy sauce, honey, minced garlic, lime juice, and sesame oil
4. Whisk in corn starch to thicken, then set glaze aside
5. Cook cubed chicken pieces in frying pan over medium heat with 2 tbsp of oil (about 3 min on each side just until lightly browned on outside)
6. Grease a 9x 13 caserole dish with cooking spray and then spread chicken pieces in pan
7. Drizzle the glaze evenly over the chicken
8. Place in oven and bake for 20 minutes @ 350 degrees
9. Remove from oven and spoon the glaze from the bottom of the pan back over the chicken
10. Heat the oven up to a broil and then place chicken back in the oven for 2-3 minutes
11. Remove from oven,and garnish with scallions and sesame seeds
12. Serve over rice

Notes

Do not be concerned it your glaze appears to be on the watery side when you first mix it up. I promise it will thicken up to a more glaze like consistency after cooking and broiling.

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