Quick Honey Sesame Chicken (2024)

Quick Honey Sesame Chicken is a super quick, Asian inspired meal that the whole family will love and can be on the table in less than 30 minutes.

This post is sponsored by Tyson Chicken and The Daily Meal. I received a package of Tyson Crispy Chicken Strips to develop a recipe with, however all thoughts and opinions, glowing, gushing, or otherwise are 100% my own.

There are many foodsI don’t miss since having gastric bypass surgery. There have been many foods I have been able to walk away from and never look back.

But there are a few things I do miss. I miss having a big bowl of cold cereal. I miss being able to eat Jello. (I know, can there be anything more typical Utahan to say than I miss Jello?)–Wait, did I just call myself a ‘Utahan’???

Geez! But before I moved to Utah, Jello salads (sans green stuff with carrots) were a staple on every holiday table, now I can barely eat a bite before I pay the consequences. I also miss fried chicken.

Luckily (or not so, if my doctor is reading this), I can OCCASIONALLY enjoy a small amount of fried chicken. I will usually eat a small piece like a wing or if I am really ambitious, a drumstick. Nothing makes me feel more like a little kid than gnawing on a fried drummer.

For the most part, my daughter follows my diet, but I do give her more carbs than I eat since she’s a growing girl and very active. But she gets the same lean protein, and as many veggies as I can get into her. But she is no stranger to the crispy strip or chicken nugget. Sometimes dinner is on the run or needs to be convenient. Tyson Crispy Chicken Strips have been great to have on hand during those times I need dinner fast.

I accepted a challenge issued by The Daily Meal and Tyson Chicken to make a creative dinner using Tyson Crispy Chicken Strips. Nothing gets me more excited in the kitchen than a challenge.

But I truly owe this recipe to my daughter. Since it’s just she and I, the poor kid has to listen to me talk about recipes with her when I’m certain she much rather be watching My Little Pony. But when I said I was going to make chicken, she asked me if I was going to make the orange (as in color, not flavor) Chinese chicken like we had the other night. I looked at her, smiled, kissed her, and hugged her until she cried out “mooommmmm, stop, let me go”. Perks of being mom, squeezing your kid until they squeal!

Off to the kitchen I went to make my own version of Honey Sesame Chicken. Thanks Kiddo!

Oh, I should tell you, this was done before the rice cooker chimed that the rice was ready…truly a meal under 30 minutes.