Orange chicken is not that easy to make, however, once you know how to make this one, you can easily learn how to make sesame chicken, lemon chicken and etc.!
Author: Jeff Kang
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Chinese
Serves: 3 ppl
Ingredients
Ingredients
1 pound of skinless boneless chicken thigh
3 cloves of garlic minced
4 cups of oil
sauce ingredients
¼ cup orange juice
½ teaspoon orange zest (optional)
3 tablespoons of water
1 tablespoon soy sauce
4 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon of rice vinegar
1 teaspoon cornstarch
batter ingredients
6 tbsp of cake flour
2 tbsp of rice flour
2 tbsp of cornstarch
1 tsp of baking powder
1.5 tbsp of oil
½ cup of water
Instructions
Recipe box
Mix all sauce ingredient first, set aside for later use
prepare frying batter by mixing all batter ingredients, set aside for later use
cube chicken to 1” cubes
Mix cubed chicken with batter evenly
heat up a pot with 4 cups of oil to 300F
Fry batter chicken, drop in one by one carefully to prevent sticking and splashing. Fry for 3 minutes or until golden brown
Remove and drain the oil, let cool for at least 3 mins
Use the remainder oil in the pot, stir fry minced garlic for 20 sec
Add in sauce ingredient and cook until thicken, about 2 min
Turn off the heat, add in chicken,toss until chicken cubes are evenly coated with sauce
Enjoy
Recipe by It's My Dish at https://itsmydish.com/orange-chicken/