Sandra Lee: Sesame Chicken Drummettes

So, does anyone else upon hearing her name get the song “Sandra Dee” from Grease stuck in their head?  I do, every time, but it’s the short version sung at the end, where she’s saying goodbye to her “good girl image.”

Oh, wait you came here to read about a recipe, not my thoughts on Grease, and it’s really bad sequel.  So, yes I cooked last week, I actually cooked several of her recipes, but today I’m going to talk about the sesame chicken drumettes, which I then changed to sesame chicken.

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I love sesame chicken

So when I saw the sesame chicken recipe I knew I had to try it because getting a recipe my family will like is important.

Sesame Chicken Ingredients

Sesame Chicken Drumettes– the original recipe I’m modifying from

• 1/3 cup teriyaki sauce
• 1 1/2 tablespoons dry sherry
• 1 1/2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds (optional)
• 5 chicken breasts cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 1/2 tablespoons barbecue sauce
• 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
• 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil

1. In a large ziploc bag combine the teriyaki, sherry, sesame seeds (which I think I forgot, when future Ticia 2022 made it to get a picture, I did include that because I love sesame seeds), and shake it until it seems like it’s mixed together.  I more or less doubled the recipe, but it’s hard to tell because I just poured the stuff in that day.  Add in the chicken and shake to distribute.  Ideally, marinate for a long time.  In reality that is my world, remember to do this about 20 minutes before you need to start cooking.  Oh, and about 1 pound of the chicken was marinated in barbecue sauce.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
3. Line a cookie sheet with foil and start transferring the drumettes (when I made this in 2010 I used the drumettes called for in the recipe) to the sheet.  I had enough for about two cookie sheets, and I kept the barbecue ones slightly separate.  Bake until they are brown, about 15 minutes.
4. Mix the barbecue, honey, and oil and brush them on the drumettes and flip them and then cook for 5 more minutes.  Then flip again and brush with the sauce again and bake another 5 minutes.

Pull them out and feed your apparently starving kids.  I kid you not, my kids outate the combination of Jeff and I.  I got to eat 4 of these, Jeff ate 3, and the kids each ate at least 6.  I think Superman ate 8, and a large amount of rice and salad.  And with all that food in them they did not pass out in a food coma, I don’t know how.

Sesame Chicken

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Easy weeknight sesame chicken

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup teriyaki sauce
• 1 1/2 tablespoons dry sherry
• 1 1/2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
• 5 chicken breasts cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 1/2 tablespoons barbecue sauce
• 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
• 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil

Instructions

1. In ziploc bag combine teriyaki sauce, sherry, and sesame seeds. Add in the chicken, close the bag, shake it and let marinate for 30 seconds.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
3. Line a cookie sheet with foil and start transferring the chicken to the sheet, and put it in the oven.
4. While it is cooking, mix the barbecue, honey, and oil. After 5 minutes pull it out and brush them on the chicken and flip them and brush the mixture on the other side, then cook for 10 more minutes.  Then flip again and brush with the sauce again and bake another 5 minutes.
5. Serve with white rice.

All right, that’s my new favorite sesame chicken recipe, now let’s look at a few other cool things I’ve made over the years.

Other recipes I like

Most of the recipes on my blog come from cooking around the world.

• Belize street tacos
• Austrian beef goulash
• Belgium lemon fish
• Maltese sesame bread (really a light cookie)
• Sugar cookie recipe