Orange Chicken is one of the most common American Chinese dishes, where fried pieces of chicken are cooked in a spicy orange sauce.
Author: Meghalee Das
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
Combine all the ingredients of the orange sauce and keep aside.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Garnish with chopped green onions and serve hot with fried rice.
Recipe by The Saffron Platter at https://thesaffronplatter.com/804-orange-chicken.html