Sweet and Spicy Chicken Sticks

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Ingredients:

Sasami (boneless chicken breasts) 6 (about 330-350g or so will be fine)

Starch 2 tbsp

Salt and pepper

Sauce:

Soy sauce 3 tbsp

Sugar 1 tbsp

Honey 1 tbsp

Cooking sake t tbsp

Mirin 1 tbsp

Chicken stock powder 1/2 tsp

Seven spice blend (七味）5 shakes (I'm not sure what's in the blend)

Sesame seeds 1 tbsp

How to make:

1. Cut the chicken into strips. Coat with starch, salt, and pepper.

2. Heat up some oil in a frying pan to 180 degrees. Fry the chicken. Once it's done, drain off the oil.

3. In a separate pan, mix the sauce ingredients. Heat it until it just starts to bubble.

4. Coat the chicken with the sauce. Done!

I rarely fry things. I'm actually a bit scared of the oil! But, I managed to fry the chicken without getting popped. The sauce turned out really good, but the chicken a bit on the dry side. I guess I did fairly well for my first time making fried chicken. I think I'll dry cutting the chicken into nuggets next time; that might help with the dryness.