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    Home » Low Carb Keto Recipes » Keto Main Dish

    Keto Sesame Chicken

    Published: Jun 5, 2022 Last updated: Jun 20, 2022 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    Keto Sesame Chicken is a low carb take on a Chinese Restaurant favorite without the carbs and sugar! Super easy to make, this keto chicken recipe is one the whole family will love.
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    Keto Sesame Chicken is your favorite chinese restaurant meal for a low carb diet made in your own kitchen! It is a great recipe to make the next time you have the craving for take out and is super easy to make.

    This easy dinner is made with real food ingredients and is ready to have on the table in just 20 minutes. It is a quick and easy to make healthy meal that the whole family will love.

    Keto Sesame Chicken sprinkled with sesame seeds in a bowl.
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    • ❤️ Why you'll love it
    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 🥄 Equipment
    • 🥫Storage
    • 📖 Variations
    • 💭 Tips
    • 📚 Related Recipes
    • 🍽 Serve with...
    • 🏫 The last word
    • 📖 Recipe

    ❤️ Why you'll love it

    ✔️ This homemade chinese food recipe has just 6 grams of net carbs per serving

    ✔️ It is a delicious meal made right in the comfort of your home!

    ✔️ It is made with ingredients you probably already have on hand.

    Ingredients for cooking chicken pieces.
    Chicken pieces are marinated in a cornstarch batter before frying.

    🥘 Ingredients

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Boneless skinless chicken thighs or boneless skinless chicken breasts,cut into 1-inch pieces.

    Large egg

    Cornstarch or Arrowroot powder

    Olive oil

    Soy sauce

    Toasted sesame oil, added for sesame flavor

    Sugar free maple syrup, takes the place of honey in the original recipe

    Brown sugar substitute, adds a deeper flavor

    Rice wine vinegar

    Garlic Cloves 

    Sugar free ketchup

    Toasted sesame seeds

    Keto friendly sesame sauce ingredients

    🔪 Instructions

    1. Place the egg and cornstarch in a large bowl and whisk until foamy. Transfer the chicken pieces to the egg mixture and toss to coat. Set aside.
    2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, sesame oil, syrup, brown sugar substitute, rice wine vinegar, garlic cloves, and ketchup. Set aside.
    3. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat until hot. Remove the chicken pieces from the egg mixture using a slotted spoon, allowing the excess batter to drip off.
    4. Place the chicken in the skillet and cook over medium-high heat for 7 minutes, stirring often, until chicken is browned and cooked thru. Transfer the cooked chicken from the skillet to a bowl and set aside.
    5. Pour the sesame sauce into the hot skillet and whisk, making sure to scrape up any browned bits of chicken cooked onto the bottom of the skillet. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3 minutes, or until the sauce has reduced and thickened.
    6. Return the chicken to the skillet and toss to coat with the sauce. Sprinkle with the toasted sesame seeds prior to serving.
    Browned pieces of chicken in a bowl.

    🥄 Equipment

    Large skillet

    Mixing bowls

    Wooden Spoon

    Spatula

    Measuring cups

    Measuring spoons

    🥫Storage

    Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge up to 4 days.

    Sesame sauce simmering in a skillet.

    📖 Variations

    Substitute coconut aminos or liquid aminos for the regular soy sauce

    Avocado oil can be substituted for the olive oil

    Spice the sauce up with 1 teaspoons red pepper flakes and sprinkle with green onions before serving.

    Use 1 teaspoon garlic powder in place of the cloves.

    💭 Tips

    Check the rice wine vinegar bottle before buying. It should be unseasoned rice vinegar with zero carbs. If it is seasoned rice vinegar, it likely has sugar in it.

    Cooked chicken pieces on top of the sesame sauce in the skillet.
    Toss the cooked chicken pieces in the sesame sauce just before serving.

    📚 Related Recipes

    This Keto Pork Fried Rice is another great make at home take out recipe.

    Honey Sesame Chicken is battered and fried chicken pieces in a honey sesame sauce.

    🍽 Serve with...

    Serve this Keto Sesame Chicken with in lettuce wraps or over shirataki noodles or with a side of cauliflower rice, green beans, or broccoli.

    🏫 The last word

    I used cornstarch in this recipe because it is the best way to coat the chicken before frying. One tablespoon has 3 net carbs and between 6 servings, that makes it only ½ carb from cornstarch per serving.

    Cornstarch is not considered keto. However, there is so little in the recipe that I have no problem using it. If cornstarch does kick you out of ketosis, I recommend substituting Xanthan gum.

    Keto Sesame Chicken

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    Keto Sesame Chicken

    Shelby Law Ruttan
    Keto Sesame Chicken is a low carb take on a Chinese Restaurant favorite without the carbs and sugar! Super easy to make, this keto chicken recipe is one the whole family will love.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Total Time 20 mins
    Course Keto Main Dish
    Cuisine Chinese
    Servings 6
    Calories 213 kcal

    Equipment

    • Large skillet
    • mixing bowls
    • Wooden spoon
    • Spatula
    • Measuring cups
    • Measuring spoons

    Ingredients
      

    For the chicken

    • 1.5 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs , cut into bite sized pieces
    • 1 large eggs , whisked
    • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
    • 1 tablespoon olive oil

    For the sauce

    • 3 tabelspoons soy sauce
    • ¼ cup sugar free maple syrup
    • 2 tablespoons golden monkfruit
    • 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
    • 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil , optional
    • 2 cloves garlic minced
    • ¼ cup sugar free ketchup
    • 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds

    Instructions
     

    • Place the egg and cornstarch in a large bowl and whisk until foamy. Transfer the chicken pieces to the egg mixture and toss to coat. Set aside.
    • In a medium bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, sesame oil, syrup, brown sugar substitute, rice wine vinegar, garlic cloves, and ketchup. Set aside.
    • Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat until hot. Remove the chicken pieces from the egg mixture using a slotted spoon, allowing the excess batter to drip off.
    • Place the chicken in the skillet and cook over medium-high heat for 7 minutes, stirring often, until chicken is browned and cooked thru. Transfer the cooked chicken from the skillet to a bowl and set aside.
    • Pour the sesame sauce into the hot skillet and whisk, making sure to scrape up any browned bits of chicken cooked onto the bottom of the skillet. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3 minutes, or until the sauce has reduced and thickened.
    • Return the chicken to the skillet and toss to coat with the sauce. Sprinkle with the toasted sesame seeds prior to serving.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 213kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 23gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 139mgSodium: 284mgPotassium: 307mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 73IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 44mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword Keto Sesame Chicken
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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.

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