Sesame sweet and sour chicken with vegetables

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This sweet and sour chicken recipe is to die for!My family's most favorite and demanded one.Inspired by Chinese cuisine.It contains Crispy fried chicken pieces coated with sweet and sour sauce.And a twist of sesame seeds takes the flavor to some other level.Served with different styles but I would recommend serving with garlic fried rice.

Submitted by Zainab Pervaiz
Published on May 1, 2017
Prep Time:
45 mins
Cook Time:
20 mins
Total Time:
1 mins
Servings:
6
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Ingredients

  • For chicken marination:

  • Chicken breasts 2 (cut in small cubes or julienne)

  • Vinegar 4tbs

  • Soy sauce 2 tbs

  • salt & black pepper powder A pinch

  • Ginger-garlic paste 1ts

  • Chili sauce 2tbs

  • For coating batter:

  • Flour 1/2 cup

  • Egg 1

  • Salt & black pepper powder A pinch

  • Corn flour 4 tbs

  • For gravy:

  • Garlic cloves(finely chopped) 4-5

  • Knorr chicken cubes 2

  • Fruit vinegar 4 tbs

  • Soy sauce 4tbs

  • Oyster sauce 1tbs

  • Chili sauce 2tbs

  • Brown sugar 3tbs

  • Sesame seeds 3 tbs

  • Ketchup 1/2 cup

  • Crushed red chili pepper 1ts

  • Salt 1/2 ts

  • Corn flour 4tbs (to thicken)

  • Vegetables:

  • Cabbage (julienne cut) 1/2

  • Spring onion 2 (diagonally cut)

  • Carrots 2 (julienne or diagonally cut)

  • Capsicum 2 (cut in cubes)

  • Also need oil for frying

Directions

  1. Marinate chicken (with marination ingredients) and leave for about an hour.

  2. Mix all the coating ingredients in a bowl with cold water (cold water makes the coating more crispy and crunchy) and make a thick paste like batter.Coat chicken pieces with corn flour first then in the liquid batter.

  3. Deep fry chicken on medium- high heat till golden brown from both sides.Drain on a kitchen towel and leave it a side.

  4. Mix Knorr chicken cubes with 1/2 cup of water and keep it a side.

  5. Stir fry all the vegetable and dish out..

  6. In a separate wok heat 3 tbs of oil then add chopped garlic.Fry till golden brown.Then add all the spices,sauces,ketchup,brown sugar,sesame seeds and chicken cubes,let it cook for a minute.

  7. Mix vegetables in gravy.Dissolve 2 tbs corn flour in 1/2 cup of water and pour in the mixture.Let the sauce thicken in a minute or two.Then turn off the flame.

  8. Mix fried chicken pieces with the vegetables and serve with garlic fried rice and enjoy ;)

  9. Tip:"Leave chicken almost 3-4 hours for marination.It will make the chicken absorb all the spices and sauces properly.Also helps chicken cook soon leaving it so tender and juicy"