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How to Cook Sesame Chicken Strips

A delicious fried chicken strips good to serve as an appetizer or viand.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Chicken Recipe
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: sesame chicken strips
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 225kcal
Author: Manny

Ingredients

For the marinade:

  • 2 tsp. rice wine
  • 3 tsp. sesame oil
  • 1 tsp. garlic minced
  • 2 tsp. soy sauce
  • 1/2 kilo boneless chicken breast cut into strips

For breading:

  • 1/2 cup sesame seeds
  • 2 tsp. corn starch
  • 3 tsp. all-purpose flour

For the chili sesame mayo dip:

  • 1 tsp. rice wine vinegar
  • 2 tsp. chili garlic sauce
  • 1 tsp. soy sauce
  • 1 tsp. sesame oil
  • 1 tsp. ginger finely grated
  • 3/4 cup real mayonnaise
  • 2 tsp. white sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. Tabasco sauce
  • cooking oil for deep frying

Instructions

How to cook Sesame Chicken Strips:

  • Place chicken breast strips in a mixing bowl, and add the rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, garlic and soy sauce.
  • Toss the ingredients until the chicken is fully coated with the sauces.
  • Marinate the chicken for a minimum of 2 hours in the refrigerator.
  • In a mixing bowl combine the sesame seeds, cornstarch and all-purpose flour, dip each marinated chicken strip in the sesame seed mixture to fully coat each chicken strip and set aside.
  • Heat deep pan with cooking oil over medium high heat, heat up until the oil reaches 350 °F .
  • And then drop the coated chicken strips one at a time and in batches.
  • Do not overcrowd the pan to cook the strips evenly. Continue to cook the chicken strips until it becomes golden brown.
  • Place over paper towels to drain excess oil. Then transfer the chicken strips to a serving plate. Serve hot.
  • To make the sesame mayo dip; Place all the ingredients in a mixing bowl. and mix with wire whip until all ingredients are well incorporated, then transfer to a serving bowl.