Best white sesame Recipes for Everyday Cooking

Make the most of white sesame with our handpicked recipes — simple, satisfying, and full of flavour.

Recipes with white sesame

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glutinous rice and red bean paste cake

The pan-fried glutinous rice bean paste pancakes have a crispy exterior thanks to white sesame seeds, while the glutinous rice inside is soft and elastic, wrapped in a delicate and dense bean paste filling. The sweet aroma blends with the natural flavors of the grains. A gentle bite and the warm pancake melts on your tongue, revealing a uniquely warm and delicious combination of soft, sweet, and slightly crispy textures. This is a truly captivating Chinese dessert that will captivate you with its delicious flavors!

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Brown sugar baba (also called Da Da baba), a Sichuan and Chongqing specialty snack

In the past, brown sugar baba was a delicacy exclusively for the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Old brown sugar, with its rich caramel aroma and mellow sugarcane aroma, is boiled into juice to wrap the soft and glutinous glutinous rice balls. Take a bite, the outer skin is slightly tough, the inner is lingering, the sweetness of brown sugar mixed with the unique caramel aroma spreads in the mouth, with the fragrance of white sesame, sweet but not greasy. The fragrance of white sesame mixed with the sweet fragrance of brown sugar and glutinous rice is so fragrant that it can attract people's souls~ Eating it during the Reunion Festival, the family sits together, warm and sweet, carrying deliciousness, but also hiding the festival love and the warmth of home.

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Dragon Ball Ice Jelly

Desserts/snacks: directly used as a summer dessert to cool down, the sweetness of dragon fruit and the smoothness of ice jelly are combined, with crushed ice, coconut milk or syrup, the taste is rich, suitable for eating alone or as a dessert after a meal. ​ Drink pairing: add "Dragon Ball" to milk tea, sparkling water or juice as a visual and taste highlight, such as making "Dragon Ball Exploding Milk Tea", the spherical shape is more eye-catching in the drink, and the dragon fruit juice and the soft and tender ice jelly are blended when bitten, which increases the fun of drinking. ​ Creative cooking ingredients: used for decoration of dessert platters, fruit salad or smoothies, can also be added to yogurt, oatmeal to make healthy light meals, and even embellished in Chinese sugar water (such as red bean paste, mung bean soup) to enhance the appearance and taste diversity of dishes.

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Black sesame crisps

full of black sesame aroma, thin slices clicking; baked to golden edges, not too sweet, light and satisfying. Perfect with a cup of hot tea or coffee, you can't stop mouthing when you open the bag, making afternoon tea or entertaining friends is decent and delicious.

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Black Sesame Soup

A rich and velvety dessert with a deep, nutty aroma of roasted black sesame. Its smooth, creamy texture and subtle sweetness make it a comforting treat, perfect for any season. Warm and satisfying, this traditional dessert evokes childhood memories and the taste of home. Loved by all ages, it’s not only delicious but also nourishing and energizing.

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Fragrant and fuzzy sesame sauce wide vermicelli

This bowl of sesame sauce wide noodles is thoroughly coated in rich sesame sauce, each strand glistening with oil. Sprinkled with white sesame seeds and vibrant green cilantro and chopped green onions, the reddish-brown and vibrant green hues are so appetizing just by looking at them on the table! The noodles are chewy and smooth, while the sesame sauce is rich and mellow, with hints of garlic and spiciness. With one bite, the smoothness of the sesame sauce and the springy texture of the noodles explode in your mouth, creating a perfect blend of sour, spicy, salty, and fragrant flavors. The more you eat, the more addictive you'll be, and you'll want to lick the sauce from the bottom of the bowl! Wherever you find yourself in China, if you're craving Xiangmihu sesame sauce wide noodles, try your luck at a local snack street or family restaurant, or make one at home using our recipe. Get started now; you're guaranteed to fall in love with them! They're even more delicious than those sold outside!

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Pumpkin pie (sesame and breadcrumbs version)

Covered with white sesame or bread crumbs, golden and crispy, drizzled with brown sugar syrup to add a bright color. Take a bite, the outside is crispy and the inside is glutinous, the sweetness of pumpkin blends with the richness of brown sugar, and the bread crumbs bring a rich taste. Pair it with a cup of hot tea to start a relaxing afternoon tea; every bite is a double enjoyment of taste and vision.

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Linglong Shuangshengjian (dumpling skin version)

Thumb-fried dumplings are made of thin and transparent dumpling skin with delicate folds, shaped like a fistful of ingots, fried until the bottom is crispy with amber crust, sprinkled with white sesame seeds and tender green onions, just like stars. The moment you bite it, the hot and fragrant gravy bursts on the tip of your tongue, and the meaty aroma is intoxicating. Snowflake dumplings are also eye-catching, with starch water outlining the ice flower background, snow-white and crystal like blooming frost flowers, crispy skin, full filling, and crisp sound and meaty aroma intertwined when you bite it.

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Passion Fruit and Pineapple Sauce Spare Ribs

This passion fruit and pineapple juice pork ribs dish is a surprising and innovative flavorful creation I encountered while traveling in Nanning. After trying the local passion fruit pork ribs in Nanning, a core passion fruit producing area, I added homemade pineapple juice to elevate the flavor. The golden, translucent passion fruit shells serve as a delicate container, nestling the ribs, smothered in a rich sauce and sprinkled with white sesame seeds. The appearance alone is breathtaking. The sweetness of my homemade pineapple juice blends beautifully with the tartness of the passion fruit, softening the rich sauce flavor of the ribs and allowing the dual fruity notes to spread across the palate. This dish boasts a refreshing tropical fruit flavor over the local original. Bromelain simmers the ribs until they are tender and flavorful, and each bite offers a delicate balance of sweet and sour, salty, and savory, creating a unique flavor experience. Although the price of this dish in the local area is a bit pricey - almost a hundred dollars, once you have tasted it, you will know that it is worth the money. Once you have tasted it, you will never forget it!