Sesame Chicken Nutrition Facts

Any of the chicken aficionados won't be unaware of the sizzling and scrumptious sesame chicken that rules most of the Chinese joints in the English speaking world. The dish is basically derived from the Chinese Hunan cuisine i.e., the cuisine from the Hunan region of southern China. This dish is generally made of the thigh pieces of chicken that are deep-fried and served with thick sauce along with rice and broccoli or such vegetable stems. For those who are unaware of the dish and the Chinese sesame chicken nutrition facts, here is the basic recipe along with some interesting facts.

Sesame Chicken Nutrition Facts
This chart shows us that sesame chicken calories are more than 450 per serving of a sesame chicken piece weighing 5oz. Hence the much delicious sesame chicken is not so much healthy for the weight watchers and those who are much concerned about the health and fitness. They must try some other low calorie food items that have calories lower than the sesame chicken. The given sesame chicken nutrition values are for each piece of Chinese sesame chicken of 5 oz or 142g.

Nutrition	Quantity	Daily Value (%)
Calories	415	-
Calories from Fat	152	-
Total Fat	17g	26%
Saturated Fat	2g	10%
Cholesterol	50mg	17%
Sodium	165mg	7%
Total Carbohydrates	55g	18%
Dietary Fibers	1g	4%
Sugar	40g	-
Protein	12g	24%

Chinese Sesame Chicken Recipe
Ingredients

• 3 boneless chicken breasts
• Dry and regular soy sauce
• Sesame oil, peanut oil and vegetable oil
• Cooking wine or dry sherry
• Cornstarch
• Flour
• Baking soda and baking powder
• Chicken broth
• Chili paste
• 1 clove garlic
• Vinegar
• Toasted sesame seeds

Procedure
Make approximately 1 inch cubes of the chicken and toast the sesame seeds. Create marinade by using 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 tablespoon cooking wine, 2 tablespoons each of cornstarch, flour and water, ½ tablespoon of vegetable oil, ¼ tablespoon each of baking powder and baking soda and some drops of sesame oil. Now marinade the chicken pieces in it, for approximately 20 minutes. Prepare the sauce using ½ cup water, 1/8 cup vinegar, 1 cup chicken broth, ¼ cup cornstarch, 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce, 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons sesame oil, 1 teaspoon chili paste and minced garlic. Place all of these ingredients in a small cooking pot and bring the mixture to boil. Till the sauce gets prepared, deep-fry the chicken pieces until golden brown. Pour the hot sauce over the deep-fried chicken pieces and sprinkle with generous amount of sesame seeds.

Talking about nutrition and health benefits, it is a great source of polyunsaturated and mono unsaturated fats but that is highly underrated due to high amount of the saturated fats, high sugar levels and contains no fiber. Sesame chicken also contains phenylalanine which is an amino acid essential for the metabolism and well-being of a person. Still, sautéed Chinese sesame chicken is more nutritional than the deep-fried version.

I am sure with the correct information about the sesame chicken nutrition facts, you can enjoy it with more affection! Also read about the nutritional facts about chicken and have a healthy eating!