Sesame Chicken

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, pat dry with paper towels
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2-1 teaspoon ground ginger (fresh is better)
• 1/2-1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 cut chicken breast into 1 inch strips or bite size pieces.
• 2 heat a large non-stick skillet that has been sprayed with pam, over medium-high heat.
• 3 cook chicken for about 6 minutes or until no longer pink.
• 4 mix together honey, soy sauce, water, corn starch, ginger and red pepper flakes.
• 5 whisk until no corn starch lumps appear.
• 6 pour sauce mixture into skillet with chicken.
• 7 cook until sauce thickens slightly.
• 8 you can add more water if sauce is too thick.
• 9 sprinkle with sesame seeds.
• 10 cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until chicken starts to soak up the sauce.
• 11 note: since originally posting this recipe, i have tried some of the suggestions others have made. i do like it with a bit of sesame oil (be careful not to get too much, just a few drops at the end of cooking is good enough for me, but you might like more), fresh ginger is also good if you have it on hand. i have tried it with garlic and it is good that way also. i have also found that it is good with shrimp and lamb. basically what i am trying to say is, the original recipe is just a simple, quick and healthy meal i came up with when i was craving chinese food. i thought it turned out really great and wanted to share it. i'm happy that so many of you have enjoyed it. for those of you that didn't care for it, i hope you can find one that suits your fancy some where else.