Crispy Vegetarian Orange "Chicken"
Crispy Vegetarian Orange "Chicken"

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, crispy vegetarian orange "chicken". It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Crispy Vegetarian Orange "Chicken" is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Crispy Vegetarian Orange "Chicken" is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

The best vegan take on Panda Express Orange Chicken! Crispy battered tofu baked in the oven and smothered in a delectable sweet and spicy orange sauce! As I said before, I've made a vegan orange chicken recipe using crispy tofu before and it was good but the texture from this breaded and baked cauliflower is spot on!

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook crispy vegetarian orange "chicken" using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Crispy Vegetarian Orange "Chicken":
  1. Take orange glaze
  2. Prepare 2 tsp white miso paste
  3. Prepare 1/2 cup warm water
  4. Get 1/3 cup orange juice (freshly squeezed)
  5. Make ready 4 tbsp sugar
  6. Prepare 2 tbsp soy sauce
  7. Get 2 tbsp white vinegar
  8. Take 1 clove garlic (finely minced)
  9. Prepare 1 tsp ginger (finely minced, grated or paste)
  10. Make ready 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
  11. Prepare 1 tbsp cornstarch
  12. Prepare 3 tbsp water
  13. Take 1 tbsp sesame oil
  14. Prepare 1 tbsp lemon juice (optional)
  15. Prepare breaded "chicken" (seitan)
  16. Take 1 lb seitan (sliced, bite sized pieces)
  17. Take 2 large eggs (whisked well)
  18. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
  19. Take 1 cup cornstarch
  20. Get 2 cup vegetable oil (or more for frying)

My recipe involves homemade breaded seitan, but feel free to use tofu or a breaded meat substitute of your choice. I'll be posting a vegan tofu. This crispy orange cauliflower recipe is a perfect copycat of the Panda Express orange chicken for all vegetarians. I love the crispy and crunchy cauliflower junks tossed in this amazing tasting sweet orange sauce.

Steps to make Crispy Vegetarian Orange "Chicken":
  1. Mix miso paste with warm water until completely dissolved. Add the orange juice, sugar, soy sauce and vinegar. Mix well.
  2. Heat the sesame oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic, ginger and crushed red pepper. Sauté until fragrant. Be careful! It'll brown quickly!
  3. Add the orange juice & miso mixture to the saucepan. Mix well and bring to a simmer.
  4. While bringing sauce to a simmer, mix together 1 tbsp cornstarch with 3 tbsp cool water to form a thin mixture. Whisk the cornstarch mixture into the sauce. Simmer until thickened. Cover and set sauce to the side.
  5. Beat salt and eggs together. Take a few pieces of seitan and dip into the whisked eggs, then dredge in cornstarch. Make sure all of the pieces are coated well. Complete the dredging process on the rest of the seitan.
  6. Heat oil in a dutch oven or large frying pan. Test the hot oil by dropping in a small piece of the seitan. Once the ideal temperature is reached, fry in batches. The size of your batches will depend on the size of your frying pan (I do two using my large dutch oven). Fry until golden brown; 1-2 minutes per side. Place fried seitan on paper towels to drain excess oil.
  7. Once all the seitan has been fried and drained, place in a large bowl. Drizzle the warm orange glaze over the seitan and toss well. Serve over rice and garnish with fresh scallions.

Asian style crispy fried chicken in a delicious sticky orange sauce. Served with rice for a comforting meal. I'm pretty certain you are familiar with the crispy chicken you get at Panda express or the hype of the honey crispy chicken chilli at Sidewok in India. Zest an orange, then squeeze out the juice of that orange plus a couple more. Add soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar, fresh ginger and garlic, a bit of red pepper flakes.

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