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Chinese Orange Chicken
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Spicy Orange Chicken

A crispy chicken wrapped in sweet and spicy orange sauce. A quick restaurant-style dinner with few preps.
Course Dinner Recipes, Main Course
Cuisine Chinese, World
Keyword Spicy orange chicken
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 762kcal

Ingredients

Marinate chicken

  • 500 gram chicken cut in cubes (about 1.1 pound)
  • 4 tablespoon cornflour
  • 1 Nos egg
  • 1 tablespoon soya sauce
  • ½ tablespoon ginger paste
  • ½ tablespoon garlic paste
  • ½ tablespoon vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ chicken cube (or ½ teaspoon chicken powder or ½ teaspoon salt)

Orange sauce mixture

  • 5 tablespoons Orange drink powder, like Tang
  • 4 tablespoon corn flour
  • tablespoon soya sauce
  • ½ chicken cube or 1 teaspoon chicken powder or ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon orange zest
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups water or more as needed

Seasonings for Sauce

  • 2 tablespoon oil preferably sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon minced ginger
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • ¾ tablespoon red chilli flakes or to taste
  • 4 Nos red button chillies You can use any other red chillies too.
  • 3 tablespoon vinegar
  • 2 tablespoon chilli garlic sauce or any spicy ketchup
  • tablespoon sugar

For coating

  • ½ cup cornflour
  • ¼ cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Garnish

  • 1 stalk green onions finely chopped
  • cups rice uncooked

Instructions

Marinate Chicken

  • Put all the ingredients to marinate chicken in a bowl and mix well. Set aside for 30 minutes. (or preferably over night).

Make orange sauce

  • Take all the ingredient of orange sauce mixture in bowl and mix well until smooth.
  • Heat oil in a pan, fry ginger, garlic, red chilli flakes and red button chilli for 1 minute. Add the prepared mixture in the sauce and cook for 3-4 minutes until thick. Add more water if needed to adjust the consistency of the orange sauce. (We need a medium consistency as sauce will thicken as we add fried chicken).
  • Cook rice as per instructions on the packet and set aside. You can also make vegetable fried rice. (recipe here)

Fry Chicken

  • Mix all the ingredients of coating in a plate to make seasoned flour.
  • Coat chicken pieces in flour mixture one by one and set apart in another plate.
  • Fry coated chicken in small batches until golden crispy. Transfer chicken to a sieve or paper towel. Rest it for a minute then mix it to the sauce. Serve Orange chicken immediately with rice. (See tips section above for details on frying.)

Notes

Quick Tips: ½ tablespoon Tikka masala or tandoori can be added for extra color and spice. 

Nutrition

Calories: 762kcal