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    Home » Main Dish » Orange Chicken

    Published: Jul 30, 2013 · Modified: Nov 1, 2018 by Desarae

    Orange Chicken

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    Everybody loves a little Chinese takeout, yeah? I feel like most Orange Chicken you get at places is sugary-sweet, gloppy, dried out pieces of mostly-breading-and-a-little-chicken. After spending months perfecting this (because lesbehonest, you can't eat orange chicken every day), I've done away with the typical take-out fare and replaced it with some serious Asian zing.

       Orange Chicken on top of rice with steamed broccoli and orange garnish

    {Does anyone else's stomach do a number on them after some Panda Express? I've sworn off the stuff. My stomach isn't as young as it used to be.}

    So I'm growing a little peanut in my belly right now, which pretty much gives me a free card. If I want my chicken fried, I'll fry my chicken. You can easily make this recipe slightly more healthy and gluten-free by skipping this part. If you'd rather not batter and fry your chicken, you can simply cook it in a little oil.

    Orange Chicken coating ingredients

    Orange Chicken being fried

    Make your sauce, steam some broccoli, let your juicy, little fried chickens  rest on a cooling rack for a couple of minutes, then gently mix them together until the broccoli and chickens are nice and saucy.

    fried chicken being coated with orange sauce

    Take that, Panda Express!

    Orange Chicken on top of rice with steamed broccoli and orange garnish

    Orange Chicken being picked up on fork

    Orange Chicken

    Do away with the typical take-out fare and replace it with some serious Asian zing.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Asian
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 45 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour
    Servings: 6 servings
    Calories: 574kcal
    Author: Kadee & Desarae

    Ingredients

    Chicken

    • 3 chicken breasts diced
    • 2 c flour
    • 2 Tablespoon salt
    • 2 Tablespoon black pepper
    • 2 Tablespoon garlic powder
    • 2 egg
    • ¼ c milk
    • peanut oil or canola oil for frying

    Orange Sauce

    • 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
    • 1 Tablespoon fresh ginger
    • 1 Tablespoon sesame oil canola works just as well
    • 2 ½ c orange juice
    • 2 Tablespoon soy sauce
    • 1 scant cup brown sugar
    • 1 Tablespoon rice vinegar
    • 1 Tablespoon sriracha sauce hot sauce
    • 2 Tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 2 T cold water
    • 6 green onions chopped
    • 1 head broccoli chopped
    • rice for serving

    Instructions

    • Mix flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder in bowl.
    • Whisk egg and milk in second bowl.
    • Heat enough oil in large frying pan to cover the bottom of the pan about ½" deep on medium heat, or until water sizzles when flicked into pan.
    • Dredge chicken in flour mixture, then egg mixture, then flour mixture again.
    • Space chicken apart in pan and fry until golden brown on bottoms/side, flipping once, in batches. Don't crowd the pan. Place chicken on cooling rack. Repeat process with remaining chicken.
    • While second batch of chicken is frying, make sauce: saute garlic and ginger in sesame oil until fragrant.
    • Add orange juice, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, and sriracha. Stir on med until it has reached a low simmer until slightly thickened.
    • Add cornstarch dissolved in water, whisk until desired consistency is reached.
    • Steam broccoli until crisp-tender.
    • Cook enough rice for 5 servings.
    • Combine fried chicken and sauce, serve over rice and broccoli, garnish with green onions.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 574kcal | Carbohydrates: 91g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 128mg | Sodium: 1333mg | Potassium: 1150mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 47g | Vitamin A: 1092IU | Vitamin C: 147mg | Calcium: 138mg | Iron: 4mg
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    1. Erin V says

      November 01, 2018 at 11:22 am

      5 stars
      tastes so much better homemade-- thanks for this scrumptiousness

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