American Food Recipes

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

The orange chicken is one of the most famous Chinese dishes in America, it is a purely American invention, with no authentic Chinese resturants or restaurants in China serving this dish.

Ingredients for Chinese Orange Chicken Recipe

Chicken

4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts cut into bite-size pieces
3 Eggs whisked
⅓ cup Cornstarch
⅓ cup Flour
Oil for frying

Orange Chicken Sauce

1 cup Orange Juice
½ cup Sugar
2 Tablespoons Rice Vinegar or White Vinegar
2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce use tamari for a gluten-free dish
¼ teaspoon Ginger
¼ teaspoon Garlic Powder or 2 garlic cloves, finely diced
½ teaspoon Red Chili Flakes
Orange Zest from 1 orange
1 Tablespoon Cornstarch

Garnish

Green Onions
Orange Zest

Method

To make orange sauce:

In a medium pot, add orange juice, sugar, vinegar,
soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and red chili flakes.
Heat for 3 minutes.
In a small bowl, whisk 1 Tablespoon of cornstarch with
2 Tablespoons of water to form a paste.
Add to orange sauce and whisk together.
Continue to cook for 5 minutes, until the mixture begins to thicken.
Once the sauce is thickened, remove from heat and add orange zest.

To make chicken:

Place flour and cornstarch in a shallow dish or pie plate. Add a pinch of salt. Stir.
Whisk eggs in shallow dish.
Dip chicken pieces in egg mixture and then flour mixture. Place on plate.
Heat 2 -3 inches of oil in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat.
Using a thermometer, watch for it to reach 350 degrees.
Working in batches, cook several chicken pieces at a time.
Cook for 2 - 3 minutes, turning often until golden brown.
Place chicken on a paper-towel-lined plate. Repeat. Toss chicken with orange sauce.
You may reserve some of the sauce to place on rice.
Serve it with a sprinkling of green onion and orange zest, if so desired.