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Honey Sesame Chicken




This is a fuss-free chicken dish, very easy to prepare with no batter or deep frying involved.  It's just marinated chicken fried till semi-dry and coated with a sauce which is merely honey, light soya sauce with some salt and pepper thrown in.  Good to serve with  plain white rice or just have it on  its own.......I did!









Recipe for Honey Sesame Chicken

Ingredients

3 chicken legs cut into 3 parts each
2.1/2  Tbsp honey
2 tsp light soya sauce
1/2  tsp  seasalt
a dash of pepper
1/2 cup water
Lightly toasted sesame seeds
Some greens of your choice

Preparation

Marinate the chicken pieces with honey, light soya sauce, seasalt and pepper 
for about 3 hours, preferably overnight.
Put the chicken pieces in a wok, add in the water
Simmer till the chicken is tender and cooked through
Fine tune to desired taste
Sprinkle on some sesame seeds
Dish out and serve with some salad



I'm linking this post to  The Recipe Box # 3 hosted by Chaya of  Bizzy Bakes

Comments

  1. Your honey sesame chicken look finger-licking good. Nice to know it is not too difficult to cook :D

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  2. Cheah, I really like the ways you cook chicken, pork and fish without deep frying yet so delicious. Best is I can keep my kitchen clean following your 'style'. Thanks.

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  3. Making me drool looking at the pics. I like it no deep-frying.

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  4. you know cheah, i just had these honey sesame chicken at yum yum rest yesterday. I like how simple this recipe is.

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  5. I love the sweetness of the crust..simply amazing.
    Kristy

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  6. Hi Cheah, this looks really delicious! I have a whole pack of sesame seeds at home and will try to coat my chicken with it using your marinade recipe. Thanks.

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  7. Cheah, this is the first time cooking this delicious dish. May I know roughly the time to cook :"Simmer till the chicken is tender and cooked through".
    Thank you.
    Serene

    Can you reply by emailing me at: serene-fong@hotmail.com
    Thank a lot.

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