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The Best Orange Chicken Recipe

The Best Orange Chicken

Oh So Busy Mum

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Servings 4 people
Calories 1816 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 500 grams diced chicken breasts
  • 2 cups vegetable oil for frying enough to fill the bottom of the pan to shallow fry
  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds to put on top at the end of the recipe

Batter

  • 1 egg white
  • ½ cup plain flour, sifted
  • ¼ cup cornflour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ cup ice cold water
  • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Sauce

  • ½ teaspoon crushed ginger paste
  • 1 teaspoon mined or 2 cloves of fresh garlic
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • ½ cup caster sugar
  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar White vinegar would work as a substitute
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon corn flour
  • ½ teaspoon chilli flakes optional

Garnish

  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
  • shallots
  • orange zest

Instructions
 

  • Heat oil on a medium heat in a frypan. You will want the oil to be around 3 cm deep to fry the chicken to shallow fry.
  • Mix all batter ingredients together and whisk until combined.
  • Add the diced chicken to the batter and mix.
  • Once the vegetable oil is heated, drop pieces of chicken into the oil with a tablespoon.
  • Be careful not to overcrowd the pan. Move the chicken around in the oil to make sure it’s cooked evenly. Cook the chicken until lightly brown (this should take around 8 minutes, depending on how thick your chicken is).
  • Remove the chicken and set it aside to drain on paper towel.

Orange Sauce

  • In a bowl, mix the sauce ingredients (except garlic and ginger) together in a bowl and set aside.
  • Heat a saucepan on a medium heat and add sesame oil. Fry garlic and ginger paste for around 30 seconds.
  • Add the sauce mix to the saucepan and simmer (around 3 – 5 minutes) while whisking regularly.
  • The sauce should be thick and have a honey-like constancy.
  • Remove the sauce from the heat and pour over the chicken in the bowl. Mix chicken to coat with sauce.
  • Serve over rice, topped with orange zest, chilli flakes and shallots.

Nutrition

Calories: 1816kcalCarbohydrates: 219gProtein: 130gFat: 47gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 14gMonounsaturated Fat: 20gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 323mgSodium: 4279mgPotassium: 2809mgFiber: 10gSugar: 127gVitamin A: 953IUVitamin C: 132mgCalcium: 570mgIron: 12mg

The nutritional information provided is computer generated and is only an estimate. This data is provided as a courtesy for informational purposes only.

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