What's in Kosher Delights' Sesame Chicken?

Mevater ↓

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 10:46 am

Anyone have a similar recipe? What gives it that red color- fruity flavor?

Mama Bear ↓

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 10:52 am

I have the same question!!! I LOOOOVE their sesame chicken and wish I can replicate it!

chocolate moose

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 10:53 am

I am amazed at the amount of ppl who go to a fast food place and order the chinese not burgers

↑ Mama Bear ↓

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 10:57 am

wech why would I need burgers for? I can eat my own ground meat any old time, now sesame chicken I cant make!

DefyGravity

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 11:01 am

The red color is probably food coloring, that comes from a sweet and sour sauce. There's a kosher red sweet and sour sauce that you can buy at the store.

↑ Mevater ↓

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 11:02 am

It's a favorite with kids, altho every second table had an adult eating it as well!

Beauty and the Beast

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 11:04 am

I happen to like my sesame chicken better than kosher delights!!!!

I use ketchup, brown sugar, garlic, and sometimes throw other stuff in too.
none of you ever made sweet and pungent chicken and had that red color? when I make it, it comes out shiny, red, and delicious.. same with the sesame chicken..

also, the sauces from the store are horrible. I never found one that actually tasted remotely close to good!!

↑ Mama Bear ↓

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 11:10 am

I make my own sesame nuggets with sweet & sour duck sauce, but it's not the same.

↑ Mevater ↓

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 11:24 am

Can anyone recognize the flavor of the red sauce? Cherry? Currant?

How do you bread the chicken nuggets so that they don't lose their crunch when sitting in sauce?

Mama Shifra

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 12:17 pm

letsbehonest wrote:

Can anyone recognize the flavor of the red sauce? Cherry? Currant?

How do you bread the chicken nuggets so that they don't lose their crunch when sitting in sauce?

I think that the sauce that they use must be La Choy Sweet and Sour Sauce or maybe the La Choy Sweet and Sour Duck Sauce. The nuggets are fried before they are coated in warm sauce. There is a recipe for Lemon Chicken in Spice and Spirit that tells you how to do it. I think the process is similar to making Tempura vegetables.

Shifra

↑ Mevater ↓

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 12:35 pm

Mama Shifra wrote:

I think that the sauce that they use must be La Choy Sweet and Sour Sauce or maybe the La Choy Sweet and Sour Duck Sauce.
Shifra

Is it Kosher? If yes, does anyone know what the ingredients are, does it have artificial coloring?

amother

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 3:22 pm

Their sesame chicken is so delicious that I must have it once a week for diner. My husband laughs at me how I'm able to eat the same thing again, and again.

↑ Mama Bear

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 4:03 pm

its the only thing I eat when we go to KD or China glatt.

chayitty ↓

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 6:24 pm

I can ask my bro hes the manger there
but l also like my sesame chicken way better...ketchup and brownsugar and garlic water and sesame seeds...but I make the chicken much better then they make it at kd

↑ Mevater ↓

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 6:33 pm

chayitty wrote:

I can ask my bro hes the manger there

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE ASK HIM WHAT FRUIT(S) IS USED and if it's all food coloring or a rich red fruit that's giving that deep red color.

↑ chayitty

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 6:36 pm

ill ask I hope he deosnt tell me "I can tell u but then I have to kill u"....

↑ Mevater ↓

Thu, Feb 14 2008, 6:40 pm

chayitty wrote:

ill ask I hope he deosnt tell me "I can tell u but then I have to kill u"....

I'll be waiting patiently and hoping.

ra_mom ↓

Mon, Feb 02 2009, 3:36 pm

I believe I recognize the flavor and color to be Hoisin sauce (a Chinese "plum" sauce).
KD obviously uses more than just Hoisin sauce, but once you buy it and play around with flavoring it, I am sure you can come up with a decent replica.

bnm ↓

Mon, Feb 02 2009, 10:31 pm

it's for sure food coloring added, that red isn't natural (I'm allergic to food coloring so I'm a bit of an expert)
I don't eat it so I can't tell you what IS in there.