Baked Sesame Chicken

This baked sesame chicken recipe is from Tracy Noren of Deerfield, Illinois. As soon as she received her GG Honey, she made this recipe and sent me a photo of the results.

Baked Sesame Chicken

Ingredients

The Honey makes all the difference!

• 4 chicken breasts
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 3 large eggs
• salt & pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup Galilee Green olive oil (GGOO)

Sauce

•  3/4 cup Galilee Green Honey
• 3/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• sesame seeds for garnish

Directions:

“Sauce seemed to come out much better with Galilee Green honey!” — Tracy Noren, Deerfield Illinois — (Adapted from Alyssa Rivers’ Recipe)

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces, rub with some GGOO and season with salt and pepper
3. In separate bowls place cornstarch and slightly beaten eggs
4. Dip chicken pieces into cornstarch and then coat with egg mixture and then back into the cornstarch
5. Heat the Galilee Green Olive Oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cook chicken until browned
6. Place the chicken in a 9 inch by 13 inch baking dish coated with GGOO
7. In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine the honey, soy sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, minced garlic and 1 tbsp of cornstarch.
8. Pour over the chicken and bake for 30 minutes stirring every 15 minutes to ensure the chicken is coated with the sauce. Turn down the oven to 300 degrees F and cook for 15 minutes more, or until the chicken is cooked through.

Thank you so much for the recipe Tracy!