Baked Orange Chicken
Baked, not fried and just like take-out
Ingredients
Sauce - in advance
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 10 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 10 tbsp rice vinegar white vinegar works too
- 2 tbsp rice wine white wine works too, so does water
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1/4 cup orange juice squeezed from one baseball-sized orange
- 1 orange zest from one baseball-sized orange
Chicken - in advance
- 1 lb chicken breast boneless, skinless, thighs work too
Chicken breading
- 1/2 cup flour
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs crushed
Sauce
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1-1/2 tbsp ginger minced
- 2 tbsp garlic minced
- 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
Instructions
In advance
- Dice the chicken into 1" cubes
- Mix the sauce ingredients: cornstarch, rice wine, orange juice, sesame oil, soy sauce, sugar, rice vinegar, orange zest.
- Crush the panko until the crumbs are smaller and more like regular breadcrumbs
Cooking - chicken
- Preheat the oven to 400ยบ F and line a cookie sheet with non-stick foil (maybe spray it with Pam too)
- Lay out four bowls: 1) chicken, 2) flour, 3) eggs, and 4) panko crumbs
- Coat the chicken in that order and set on the cookie sheet; consider using a separate set of chopsticks for each bowl
- Bake the chicken for 20-25 minutes
Cooking - sauce
- While the chicken cooks, get a saucepan and add the vegetable oil, ginger, garlic, and crushed red peppers and cook over medium heat until fragrant (about 30 seconds)
- Add the pre-mixed sauce
- Allow to boil and reduce until thickened
- If the sauce hasn't thickened before the chicken is done cooking, turn the oven off but leave the chicken in it
Finish
- Once the sauce has thickened, remove the chicken from the oven and put in a bowl
- Pour the sauce over the chicken and toss until fully coated
- While hot, serve over white rice and garnish with scallions or sesame seeds
Nutrition
Calories: 447kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 33gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 166mgSodium: 1038mgPotassium: 592mgFiber: 2gSugar: 33gVitamin A: 287IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 70mgIron: 3mg
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