Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, orange chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Orange Chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Orange Chicken is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
Stir in the orange zest, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, chopped onion, and red pepper flakes. Now, for orange chicken (and other similar sticky chicken dishes), the coating for the chicken is key! I do the back-and-forth-between-the-two-halves-of-the-shell thing, but you can separate the whites however your heart, soul, or family tradition dictates.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook orange chicken using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Orange Chicken:
- Get Chicken
- Prepare 400 g chicken thigh meat, cubed
- Get 200 g cornflour
- Make ready 1 egg
- Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Take 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper
- Make ready 500 ml vegetable oil
- Make ready Orange Sauce
- Prepare 1 tbsp marmalade
- Get 2 oranges, zest and juice
- Get 1/4 cup white vinegar
- Get 1 tbsp cornflour
Serve over hot cooked rice and sprinkle with fresh parsley, if desired. Coat chicken pieces in egg, then toss in cornstarch mixture, tapping off any excess. In a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat, heat ¼'' oil. Fry chicken in batches until golden and crispy.
Instructions to make Orange Chicken:
- Roughly dice up the chicken thigh meat and put into a large bowl
- Combine the olive oil, egg, salt and pepper in a bowl and whisk to form a smooth wash
- Add the vegetable oil into a big pot on a high heat, and while that’s coming to a boil, prepare the chicken by dipping in the egg wash, then rolling in a bowl of cornflour before CAREFULLY placing the chicken in the hot oil. Should be able to do 5 or 6 at a time.
- For the orange sauce, grate the oranges then juice them. Get your marmalade dishes out ready
- Add the juice, rind and marmalade to a pan, and bring to a low boil on a medium high heat. Add the cornflour and vinegar. It should reduce down to thick orangey goo. Marvellous!
- Now, throw your deep fried chicken pieces into the orange sauce and gently mix until each piece is well covered. Serve with rice and enjoy!
The key to the best orange chicken lies in, not surprisingly, the orange sauce. The ingredients are easy to find. It calls for orange juice, orange zest, soy sauce, sugar, apple cider vinegar and chili sauce. 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.
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