Prep Time: 15 mins | Cook Time: 20 mins | Total Time: 35 mins
Forget the take-out and make this famous Chinese Orange Chicken at the comfort of your home. Using simple ingredients, prep this in under fifteen minutes and impress your loved ones with the best homemade chicken meal. Chicken pieces fried until golden brown and crispy and tossed in a delicious sweet orange sauce made with orange juice, vinegar, garlic, sugar, soy sauce, ginger, red chilli flakes, and orange zest. The perfect combination of sweet and spicy will make you forget Chinese food take out entirely.
Ingredients
Chicken:
4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
3 eggs, whisked
1/3 c. cornstarch
1/3 c. flour
Oil for frying
Orange Chicken Sauce:
1 c. Orange Juice
1/2 c. Sugar
2 tbsp Rice Vinegar or White Vinegar
2 tbsp Soy Sauce (use Tamari for a gluten-free dish)
1/4 tsp Ginger
1/4 tsp Garlic Powder or 2 garlic cloves, finely diced
1/2 tsp Red Chili Flakes
Orange Zest from 1 orange
1 tbsp Cornstarch
Garnish:
Green Onions
Orange Zest
How to make Chinese Orange Chicken
To make the orange sauce:
Step 1: Heat the orange juice, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and red chilli flakes in a medium pot for about 3 minutes.
Step 2: Add a tbsp cornstarch with 2 tbsp water in a small bowl. Whisk well to make a paste. Add in the orange juice and stir to mix. Cook for another 5 minutes until the mixture has thickened. Remove from the heat, then add in the orange zest.
To make the chicken:
Step 1: In a shallow dish or pie plate, place the flour and cornstarch with a pinch of salt. Stir well.
Step 2: In a shallow dish, whisk the eggs.
Step 3: In the egg mixture, dip the pieces of chicken, then in the flour mixture. Place the coated chicken pieces on a plate.
Step 4: In a heavy-bottomed pot, heat about 2 to 3-inches oil over medium-high heat. Check the oil temperature using a thermometer. Once it reached 350 degrees, add the chicken in batches to the hot oil and cook for about 2 to 3 minutes until golden brown. Make sure to turn the chicken pieces often.
Step 5: To a paper-towel-lined plate, transfer the cooked chicken.
Step 6: Toss the chicken with the orange sauce.
Step 7: If desired, garnish with green onions and orange zest. Serve with rice. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- Chicken:
- 4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
- 3 eggs, whisked
- 1/3 c. cornstarch
- 1/3 c. flour
- Oil for frying
- Orange Chicken Sauce:
- 1 c. Orange Juice
- 1/2 c. Sugar
- 2 tbsp Rice Vinegar or White Vinegar
- 2 tbsp Soy Sauce (use Tamari for a gluten-free dish)
- 1/4 tsp Ginger
- 1/4 tsp Garlic Powder or 2 garlic cloves, finely diced
- 1/2 tsp Red Chili Flakes
- Orange Zest from 1 orange
- 1 tbsp Cornstarch
- Garnish:
- Green Onions
- Orange Zest
Instructions
To make the orange sauce:
Step 1: Heat the orange juice, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and red chilli flakes in a medium pot for about 3 minutes.
Step 2: Add a tbsp cornstarch with 2 tbsp water in a small bowl. Whisk well to make a paste. Add in the orange juice and stir to mix. Cook for another 5 minutes until the mixture has thickened. Remove from the heat, then add in the orange zest.
To make the chicken:
Step 1: In a shallow dish or pie plate, place the flour and cornstarch with a pinch of salt. Stir well.
Step 2: In a shallow dish, whisk the eggs.
Step 3: In the egg mixture, dip the pieces of chicken, then in the flour mixture. Place the coated chicken pieces on a plate.
Step 4: In a heavy-bottomed pot, heat about 2 to 3-inches oil over medium-high heat. Check the oil temperature using a thermometer. Once it reached 350 degrees, add the chicken in batches to the hot oil and cook for about 2 to 3 minutes until golden brown. Make sure to turn the chicken pieces often.
Step 5: To a paper-towel-lined plate, transfer the cooked chicken.
Step 6: Toss the chicken with the orange sauce.
Step 7: If desired, garnish with green onions and orange zest. Serve with rice. Enjoy!
