Chinese Orange Chicken
Chinese Orange Chicken

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, chinese orange chicken. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Stir in the orange zest, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, chopped onion, and red pepper flakes. This Chinese Orange Chicken is made with boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces, dredged, and then fried until golden and crispy. It is a sweet orange sauce made with orange juice, vinegar, garlic, sugar, soy sauce, ginger, red chili flakes, and orange zest.

Chinese Orange Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Chinese Orange Chicken is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chinese orange chicken using 23 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chinese Orange Chicken:
  1. Take 350 g Chicken Meat (skinless, boneless, cut into pieces)
  2. Get Marinade;
  3. Take 1 tsp Salt
  4. Prepare 1 tsp Pepper (White/Black)
  5. Get 1 cup All Purpose Flour (for coating)
  6. Prepare 1 cup Cooking Oil (for shallow frying)
  7. Prepare Sauce Mixture (Mix well in a bowl);
  8. Make ready 1/3 cup Orange Juice (box)
  9. Prepare 1/2 cup Water or 1/2 cup Fresh Orange Juice
  10. Prepare 2 Tbsp Vinegar
  11. Get 1-2 Tbsp Sugar
  12. Prepare 1 Tbsp Light Soy Sauce
  13. Make ready 1 Tbsp Orange Zest (optional)
  14. Make ready 1/2 cup Water
  15. Make ready Thickener (mix well in a bowl);
  16. Prepare 1-2 tsp Corn Flour
  17. Make ready 1/4 cup Water
  18. Prepare For Stir Frying;
  19. Get 20 g Garlic (finely chopped)
  20. Get 20 g Ginger (finely chopped)
  21. Get 20 g Spring Onions (neatly chopped)
  22. Take 20 g Red Chilli (neatly chopped, optional)
  23. Prepare 2 Tbsp Cooking Oil

Fry the chicken in batches to prevent the oil temperature from dropping. The oil needs to stay hot enough to fry the chicken. Orange chicken is one of many iterations of Chinese takeout dishes that involve fried chicken pieces tossed with sauce. In this case, the sauce is a mix of soy sauce, water, and orange juice, plus some cornstarch thickener to make the sauce just thick enough to coat the chicken.

Steps to make Chinese Orange Chicken:
  1. CHICKEN; Marinade the chicken in salt and pepper. Then coat the chicken in all-purpose flour. Heat 1 cup of cooking oil until hot and fry the chicken until it is golden brown. Remove and set aside.
  2. SAUCE; Heat 2 Tbsp of cooking oil until hot and fry the ginger and garlic until fragrant (10 sec). Then add the spring onions and chilli and fry those for 10 seconds. Next add the sauce mixture and mix well. Cook for a minute and then add the thickener. Continue to cook until liquid is reduce by 1/3 or by half.
  3. ASSEMBLY; Add the chicken to the sauce and mix well. Serve on plate, garnish with spring onions and orange slices.

To make the marinade, whisk together chicken broth, orange juice, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, orange zest, Sriracha, ginger and white pepper in a large bowl. If you can't find boneless skinless chicken thighs, you can debone them yourself using this guide. Orange Chicken is not a traditional dish found in China. It is a popular dish served at Chinese restaurants in North America, but it is most definitely not an authentic or traditional dish. What cut of chicken should I use to make orange chicken?

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