Ingredients: |
Ingredients: Chicken:
3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into bite-size pieces
Spices to season chicken with, I use garlic and onion powder, ginger, salt and pepper, cayenne pepper, chicken seasoning.
2-3 eggs whisked
⅓ cup cornstarch
⅓ cup flour
Oil for frying (Crisco works beautifully for me)
Orange Chicken Sauce:
1 cup orange juice
1/3-½ cup sugar
2 Tblsp. rice vinegar, white vinegar, and/or mirin
2 Tblsp. soy sauce use tamari for a gluten-free dish
¼ tsp.ginger
¼ tsp. garlic powder or 2 garlic cloves, finely diced
½ tsp. red chili flakes
orange zest from 1 orange
1 Tblsp. Cornstarch
Garnish:
Green Onions
Orange Zest
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Directions: |
Directions:To make chicken:
Heat 2 inches of oil in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Mix all chicken ingredients in a bowl. Working in batches if needed, cook chicken pieces and flip/stir until golden brown on all sides, a few minutes. Place chicken on a paper-towel-lined wire rack.
To make orange sauce:
When the chicken is done being cooked, I pour out the oil from the pan, and scrape the pan clean if needed, and set aside to cook orange sauce in. In a medium bowl, add orange juice, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and red chili flakes, adjust the seasoning amount as desired. Heat in the same pan you fried chicken until bubbling
In a small bowl, whisk 1 Tblsp. of cornstarch with 2 Tblsp. of water to form a paste. Add to orange sauce and whisk together. Continue to cook until the mixture begins to thicken. Once the sauce is thickened, remove from heat, orange zest and add chicken to the pan. Serve with rice/noodle/vegetables and garnish as desired. |
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