Orange Chicken is a sweet and tangy delight, featuring crispy fried chicken coated in a vibrant orange glaze. This crowd-pleasing dish balances zesty citrus flavors with savory notes, making it a favorite in Chinese-American cuisine.
Ingredients
Orange Sauce:
2Tbspcornstarch
¼cupwhite vinegar
½cuplow sodium chicken broth
2tspsesame oil
⅔cuplow sodium soy sauce
1cupsugar
1tsptangerine zest
⅓cuptangerine juice
Egg Mix Dip:
3large eggs
1 ½Tbspkosher salt
1tspblack pepper
2Tbspavocado oil, or any neutral oil
Flour Mix:
1cupall purpose flour
3cupscornstarch
Ingredients:
¼cupavocado oil, or any neutral oil
2Tbspginger, peeled and minced
4clovesgarlic, minced
2tspred chili flakes
3lbschicken breast, cut into one inch pieces
Garnish:
sesame seeds
Instructions
In a small bowl, combine all ingredients for the sauce.
In a second bowl, add all the ingredients for the egg mix and whisk them together.
In a third bowl, add cornstarch and flour together and mix.
Dip chicken pieces first in the egg mixture, then dredge them in the flour mixture. If you have time, put in fridge and let it set for one hour but if you don’t have time to do this then you can skip this part.
Heat oil to 380 degrees in a frying pan.
Fry the chicken for 5 minutes or until golden. Do this in 3 batches so chicken can be as crispy as possible, bringing oil back to 380 degrees each time.
Transfer to a paper lined plate or a cooling rack, and repeat the process until all chicken pieces are cooked.
To create extra crispy chicken: after frying, place chicken pieces in an air fryer at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, shaking it every so often. Do this in 2 batches.
In a large pan or wok, on medium high heat, add oil and cook the ginger, garlic and crushed peppers for 30 seconds. Add the orange sauce and cook it for 5 minutes, stirring often until the sauce is nice and thick. Turn off heat and add fried chicken. Mix well to coat it evenly.
Serve with rice and garnish orange chicken with sprinkles of sesame seeds.