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Best Orange Chicken

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November 13, 2014 by Hugs & Cookies xoxo 10 Comments

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This orange chicken is better than take out!!! I even used less brown sugar than the original called for and it was equally delish. Hope you enjoy it, too!

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Best Orange Chicken
 
Ingredients
  • Chicken:
  • 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut into 1-1/2” cubes)
  • 1 ½ cups cornstarch
  • olive oil for frying
  • Orange Sauce:
  • 1 cup water
  • juice from 1 orange
  • juice from ½ lemon
  • ⅓ cup rice vinegar
  • 3 Tablespoons Tamari
  • zest from ½ an orange
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • 2 garlic cloves, grated
  • 3 scallions, chopped
  • To Thicken:
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • ¼ c. water
Instructions
  1. Cut chicken into cubes.
  2. Dredge each piece in cornstarch and shake off excess.
  3. Heat oil in skillet and pan fry chicken pieces until golden on all sides.
  4. Remove to a plate lined with paper towels to remove excess oil.
  5. For the sauce, in a pot combine the water, orange juice, lemon juice, rice vinegar, and Tamari. Stir to combine on medium. Add the zest, brown sugar, garlic and scallions. (reserve some of the scallions for when you plate the chicken) Bring to a boil.
  6. Stir the cornstarch and water until smooth. Add this into the boiling sauce and cook until thick which happens pretty quickly. Return chicken to skillet to coat with sauce.
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Comments

  1. ANNA says

    November 15, 2014 at 11:07 am

    hello,

    can you please tell me what exactly is orange sauce? I would love to make this dish.
    thanks
    Anna

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    • Gene says

      November 15, 2014 at 10:17 pm

      Isn’t Orange Sauce the orange, lemon, vinegar, brown sugar, etc.?

      Reply
      • danielle says

        November 16, 2014 at 6:43 pm

        yes!!!

        Reply
    • Delisa says

      November 15, 2014 at 11:02 pm

      She gives you the ingredients to make the orange sauce. I have to find out what Tamari is.

      Reply
      • danielle says

        November 16, 2014 at 6:43 pm

        Tamari is gluten free soy sauce.

        Reply
  2. elisabeth says

    January 5, 2017 at 6:59 pm

    This is my go-to Orange Chicken recipe!! And I love that you’re using your PC RockCrok!

    Reply
  3. Carolyn wells says

    February 2, 2018 at 4:45 pm

    I cannot seem to be able to copy this recipe! Please let me know what I am doing wrong, I do not have a problem copying from other websites! Thank you!

    Reply
    • Hugs & Cookies xoxo says

      February 2, 2018 at 5:36 pm

      You should be able to print using the print recipe button.

      Reply
  4. kristi whitford says

    February 6, 2018 at 7:08 pm

    This is SOOOOOOOOO good! I have tried other recipes for orange chicken and they were complete disasters.

    Reply
    • Hugs & Cookies xoxo says

      February 7, 2018 at 1:35 pm

      yay!

      Reply

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