Chewy Sesame Candy - Kẹo Mè Xửng Huế Recipe by Herman Huang

One of the most popular snacks from the capital of Vietnam is Chewy Sesame Candy or Kẹo Mè Xửng Huế. With Herman Huang’s simple recipe, you can recreate this a famous snack food at home. Feel free to experiment and swap out the peanuts with other types of nuts.

Herman Huang’s Vietnamese Chewy Sesame Candy

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Chewy Sesame Candy - Kẹo Mè Xửng Huế

Author

Herman Huang

Prep time

15 Min

Cook time

20 Min

Inactive time

4 Hour

Total time

4 H & 35 M

"Chewy Sesame Candy - Kẹo Mè Xửng Huế is a famous snack food from Hue - the ancient capital of Vietnam, and it has become one of the most popular souvenirs that tourists will bring home. When I visited Hue in 2019, I bought one package: sweet and chewy candy with sesame rich flavor and crunchy peanut in between every bite. I attempted to make it at home with a simple recipe, and it turned out a great success."- Herman Huang

Ingredients US Metric

• 35 g sesame seeds [¼ cup] 
• 80 g peanut [½ cup] 
• 40 ml water [2 tbsp + 2 tsp] 
• 8 g tapioca starch [1 tbsp] 
• 1/2 tablespoon oil 
• 110 g sugar [½ cup] 
• 40ml water [2 tbsp + 2 tsp] 
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice 
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Step 1. Roast the sesame seed for 3 minutes and the peanut for 15 minutes in a preheated oven 180C until golden brown.
2. Step 2. Peel the peanut after cooled down.
3. Step 3. Spread half of the roasted sesame seeds on the bread pan layered with parchment paper and oiled.
4. Step 4. Mix the tapioca starch and 40 ml water in a bowl.
5. Step 5. Combine the oil, sugar, and 40 ml water in a pot, then cook under medium heat until honey-colored, then quickly add the lemon juice and mix.
6. Step 6. Add the tapioca mixture from step 4 and the vanilla extract then stir for around 1 minute.
7. Step 7. Add peanut in then stir for 1 minute.
8. Step 8. Pour into the pan and cover the top with sesame seeds.
9. Step 9. Cool it down 4 hours before start cutting.

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About the baker

Herman is an Indonesian living in Quebec City Canada. He is a breakfast cook and has passion in cooking and baking all kind of cuisines. He often makes Asian food at home, especially Vietnamese dishes as he loves to cook for his partner, a Vietnamese. Herman loves everything about this country, Vietnam.

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