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Air Fryer Sesame Chicken

Air Fryer Sesame Chicken is an easy crunchy chicken dish that’s coated in a sweet and savory sesame seed sauce.

Ingredients

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Marinade for Chicken

  • 1 ½ Pounds Chicken Breast
  • 2 Egg Whites
  • 1 ½ Tablespoons Light Soy Sauce
  • ½ Tablespoon Rice Vinegar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Sesame Oil

Coating

  • ¾ Cup Cornstarch
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon white pepper can use black pepper
  • Olive Oil Spray

Sauce

  • 1 Cup Chicken Stock
  • 2 teaspoons Chili Garlic Sauce
  • 1 Tablespoons Rice Vinegar
  • 2 Tablespoons Dry Sherry (or Chinese Rice Wine, or Sake)
  • 3 Tablespoons Soy Sauce (Lite Soy Sauce works also)
  • 3 teaspoons Hoisin Sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Sesame Oil
  • ½ Tablespoon Sugar
  • 3 teaspoons Cornstarch

Satay Oil, Garlic and Ginger

  • 1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil or Peanut Oil
  • 2 Cloves Garlic minced
  • 2 teaspoons Ginger minced or finely grated

Sesame Seeds

  • 2 Tablespoons Sesame Seeds

Instructions

  1. Cut Chicken Breast into bite size pieces
  2. Mix together Marinade – egg whites, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sesame oil.

    Pour Marinade over the chicken. Stir to coat the chicken

  3. Mix together cornstarch, salt, white pepper, and baking powder. This is for the coating on the chicken.

    Add cornstarch coating mixture to the chicken. Stir to combine

  4. Set Chicken aside for at least 10 minutes

Air Fry Chicken

  1. Spray Air Fryer with cooking spray (We use Olive Oil spray)
  2. Place a layer of the marinated chicken in the Air Fryer
  3. Air Fry chicken at 375° for 8 minutes
  4. Toss and cook for an additional 6 minutes at 375°

Sesame Seeds

  1. Sauté Sesame Seeds in a pan for 30 seconds to one minute, stirring constantly. NOTE: Be careful they can burn quickly. Set sesame seeds aside

Sauce

  1. Mix together all the sauce ingredients (chicken stock, rice vinegar, rice wine/sherry, chili garlic sauce, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, sugar, and cornstarch)
  2. Heat 1 TBS of vegetable oil in a large sauté pan.
  3. Add minced garlic and ginger to the pan. Sauté for 30 seconds
  4. Add the sauce to the pan with the garlic and ginger, and bring to a boil. The sauce will thicken. (NOTE add additional cornstarch if the sauce is not thick enough. Add ½ teaspoon at a time. Mix the cornstarch with a teaspoon of water to make sure it will not clump before putting it into the sauce)
  5. When the sauce has thickened (about 4 minutes) stir in the air fried chicken
  6. Serve and enjoy.