Ingredients
Method
- Prepare the chicken breasts by washing them and cutting them into bigger cubes. Sprinkle them with salt.
- Now prepare two bowls. Crack eggs into the first one, and then add flour, cornstarch, paprika powder, garlic powder, and salt into the second one. Mix well.
- Dip the cubes into the egg wash and make sure you cover them in flour mix properly. Everything must be well covered to get them crispy.
- Heat the oil in the pan, and once the oil is hot, add covered chicken cubes. Fry on the medium-high heat for 5-7 minutes or until they are golden on both sides. Then remove them from the pan on the plate lined with a kitchen towel.
Honey sauce
- Heat the sesame oil in the pan. Add garlic and let fry for 2 minutes on medium-low heat.
- Add soy sauce, brown sugar, and honey. Cook on low heat. Mix well until the sugar dissolves. Be careful, it can get a little bit bubbly but there is nothing to worry about.
- Finish the sauce by adding maple syrup and stirring well. The sauce can look too runny but it gets thicker after a few minutes. If you are a little skeptical about it, add 1 tsp of cornstarch. Mix again.
- Now, throw the fried chicken cubes into the sauce, and let it all cook in one pan for 5 minutes on medium-low heat.
- In the end, just add a generous amount of sesame seeds.
Notes
- this is not the traditional recipe for sesame sticky chicken, this is my version of how I cook this meal
- you can only use honey and remove the maple syrup from the recipe, I just like the sweet kick of the syrup
- you can be left with extra flour mix or honey sauce - it depends on how big your cubes are
- if you would like to add pineapple into the recipe, just add pieces of pineapple into the sauce before adding maple syrup, so they have time to cook with the honey and get that flavor