Orange Chicken
 
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Orange Chicken is one of the most common American Chinese dishes, where fried pieces of chicken are cooked in a spicy orange sauce.
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Recipe type: Side
Cuisine: Chinese
Serves: 4
Ingredients
For sauce:
  • Orange juice: ¼ cup
  • Orange zest: 1 tsp
  • Soy sauce: 1 tsp
  • Chicken stock: 1 tbsp
  • A small pinch of sugar
Other ingredients:
  • Boneless, skinless chicken breast: 1.5 pounds
  • Egg: 1
  • Crushed pepper to taste
  • Salt to taste
  • Cornstarch/conrnflour: ½ cup +1 tbsp
  • Plain flour: 2 tbsp
  • Red chilli flakes: 1 tbsp
  • Ginger paste: 1 ½ tsp
  • Chopped garlic: 1 tsp
  • Chopped green onions: 2 tbsp
  • Apple cider vinegar/rice wine vinegar: 1 tbsp
  • Water: ¼ cup
  • Sesame oil: 1 tbsp (optional)
  • Vegetable oil for frying
Method
  1. Combine all the ingredients of the orange sauce and keep aside.
  2. Cut the chicken breast into bite-sized pieces and place in a mixing bowl. To this, add a beaten egg, 1 tsp vegetable oil, flour, cornstarch, salt and pepper to taste. Coat the chicken pieces well with this mixture and keep aside.
  3. Heat vegetable oil and deep fry the chicken on medium high heat till they are golden and crispy. Drain excess oil on a paper towel.
  4. In a separate pan or wok, heat about 1 tbsp vegetable oil and on medium high to high heat, add the red chilli flakes, chopped garlic and ginger paste. Keep stirring while frying them so that the garlic does not burn. After a few seconds, add the green onions and the vinegar.
  5. Immediately add the orange sauce and the fried chicken pieces and toss everything together. Mix 1 tbsp cornflour with ¼ cup water and pour over this to make a sauce. Drizzle 1 tbsp sesame oil before serving.
  6. Garnish with chopped green onions and serve hot with fried rice.
Recipe by The Saffron Platter at https://thesaffronplatter.com/804-orange-chicken.html