Orange Chicken

Name: Orange Chicken
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons black pepper; 454 grams boneless chicken thighs; 237 milliliters chicken broth; 237 milliliters 2 tbsp cornstarch; 1 egg (for coating and frying); 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoons minced ginger; 2 servings oil for frying; 118 milliliters orange juice; 59 milliliters soy sauce; 2 teaspoons sriracha; 118 milliliters sugar; 79 milliliters vinegar

Orange Chicken might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 2. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 1043 calories, 44g of protein, and 42g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of vinegar, sriracha, orange juice, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the ginger you could follow this main course with the Ginger Cake with Crystallized Ginger Frosting as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Mix together the chicken broth, juice, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, sriracha, ginger and pepper in a bowl to make marinade.

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Chicken Broth

Soy Sauce

Marinade

Sriracha

Vinegar

Garlic

Ginger

Pepper

Juice

Sugar

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Bowl

Pour slightly more than 1/2 of the marinade into ziploc bag. Set the rest aside to make sauce later. Slice chicken into 1 inch cubes.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

Sauce

Add chicken into marinade bag.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

Let chicken marinade for at least 2 hours.

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Marinade

Whole Chicken

Pour oil into frying pan at least 1 inch deep and heat to medium heat. In a small bowl, whisk egg. In a separate small bowl, pour 1 cup cornstarch.

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Corn Starch

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Whisk

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Drain chicken from marinade. Dunk chicken first in egg, then coat in cornstarch and then put into heated frying pan. Fry for a few minutes until chicken is a light golden brown. You can do a few pieces at a time, in small batches until all chicken is used up.

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Corn Starch

Marinade

Whole Chicken

Egg

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Frying Pan

Place already fried chicken aside on plate lined with paper towel.

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Whole Chicken

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Paper Towels

In a small saucepan, pour the remaining marinade that was previously set aside.

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Marinade

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Sauce Pan

Add in 2 tbsp of cornstarch and mix so it is completely dissolved. Cook on low heat, stirring constantly so that the cornstarch does not get chunky. Cook for a few minutes until sauce becomes thick.

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Corn Starch

Sauce

Set aside about 1/3 of the sauce. Leave remaining 2/3 in saucepan and add in fried chicken pieces and coat with sauce.

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Chicken Pieces