Copycat Panda Express Honey Sesame Chicken
Super delicious Copycat Panda Express Honey Sesame Chicken recipe.
Ingredients
- 2 chicken fillets cut into strips
- 1 yellow pepper chopped
- 2/3 cup green beans cut into 1-2 inch pieces
- vegetable oil for frying
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp sesame
Sauce
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/3 cup hot sauce
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
- Beat an egg into a bowl, add salt, pepper and 1 tbsp olive oil, mix.
- In another bowl, add all-purpose flour, baking soda, and starch, mix.
- Heat frying oil in a skillet, pour in about 1 to 1 1/2 inches. Dip chicken strips in beaten egg.
- Roll the strips of chicken fillet in a mixture of flour and starch.
- Transfer chicken strips to hot oil (up to about 350F). Fry, flipping, 6-7 minutes or until golden or light brown.
- In a separate pan, fry the strips of pepper and green beans in olive oil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- In a saucepan, mix the ingredients for the sauce. Heat up while stirring with a spatula.
- Remove the finished chicken strips from the oil with a slotted spoon and transfer to napkins to absorb excess oil.
- Boil the sauce to the desired density. It should not contain lumps of starch. If there are lumps, gently stir the sauce with a whisk.
- Put the fried chicken, strips of vegetables into a saucepan, mix everything so that each piece is covered with sauce, and warm everything together for 2-3 minutes.
- Serve honey chicken sprinkled with sesame seeds. You can also add chopped green onions.
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