We tried this recipe and it was the best tasting Orange Chicken. Better than most restaurants. You won’t go wrong with the recipe.
Origin
The variety of orange chicken most commonly found at North American Chinese restaurants consists of chopped, battered and fried chicken pieces coated in a sweet orange-flavored chili sauce, which thickens or caramelizes to a glaze. While the dish is very popular in the United States, it is most often found as a variation of General Tso’s chicken in North America rather than the dish found in mainland China.
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Orange Chicken
Three ingredient orange sauce creates one of the best orange chicken recipes ever.
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Servings: 3
Calories: 566kcal
Ingredients
Sauce
- 2/3 cup Sweet Baby BBQ sauce
- 2/3 cup orange marmalade
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
Crispy Chicken
- 2 chicken breasts skinless
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg
- vegetable oil
Instructions
- In a sauce pan, add the BBQ sauce, marmalade, and soy sauce. Turn the heat on low and let it simmer for 20 minutes, stirring a few times.
- Meanwhile, cut up your chicken breasts into cubes. In one bowl beat 1 eggs, while in the other bowl place the flour. This can be done in a ziploc bag also.
- Dip pieces of chicken in the egg and then cover in flour. Set on an extra plate.
- Add a thin layer of oil to a frying pan and turn your stove on medium/high heat. Once it sizzles, add the chicken to the pan. Let it cook for 3-5 minutes each side until it's brown and cooked on the inside.
- Set the oily pieces on a paper towel and let drain.
- Add the chicken to the sauce and toss!
- Eat it on top of white rice and enjoy. I think veggies would be good with it such as green peppers or broccoli, voila, dinner!
Nutrition
Calories: 566kcal | Carbohydrates: 87g | Protein: 41g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 158mg | Sodium: 1902mg | Potassium: 691mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 58g | Vitamin A: 179IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 3mg
