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!
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
- Cut chicken into cubes.
- Dredge each piece in cornstarch and shake off excess.
- Heat oil in skillet and pan fry chicken pieces until golden on all sides.
- Remove to a plate lined with paper towels to remove excess oil.
- 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.
- 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.
ANNA says
hello,
can you please tell me what exactly is orange sauce? I would love to make this dish.
thanks
Anna
Gene says
Isn’t Orange Sauce the orange, lemon, vinegar, brown sugar, etc.?
danielle says
yes!!!
Delisa says
She gives you the ingredients to make the orange sauce. I have to find out what Tamari is.
danielle says
Tamari is gluten free soy sauce.
elisabeth says
This is my go-to Orange Chicken recipe!! And I love that you’re using your PC RockCrok!
Carolyn wells says
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!
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
You should be able to print using the print recipe button.
kristi whitford says
This is SOOOOOOOOO good! I have tried other recipes for orange chicken and they were complete disasters.
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
yay!