Sesame Chicken with Jasmine Rice

Ingredients

• 300 g or about 1 and 1/2 cups Jasmine rice
• 550 ml Cold water
• 1 Tbsp Sesame seeds (for toasting)
• 3 tsp Light or low sodium soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp Dark soy sauce
• 2 and 1/2 Tbsp or about 50 g Honey
• 1 Tbsp Brown sugar (optional)
• 1 and 1/2 Tbsp Rice wine vinegar
• 1 Tbsp Shaoxing wine (optional)
• 180 ml or about 3/4 of a cup Chicken stock
• 1 tsp or 5 ml Sesame oil
• 3 cloves Garlic cloves (grated into paste)
• 15 g or 0.5 oz Peeled ginger (grated into paste)
• a touch Ground white pepper
• 2 to 3 depending on size Spring onion/scallion (white root for rice, green stem for garnish)
• 900 g or 2 lb Chicken thigh (boneless and skinless) or chicken breast
• 1/4 of a tsp Bicarb soda
• a small pinch Salt
• about a tsp Peanut oil or spray oil