Description
Delight your taste buds with this homemade Chinese Orange Chicken recipe. Crispy fried chicken coated in a tangy orange sauce, garnished with green onions and sesame seeds, it’s a perfect balance of flavors and textures.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Chicken:
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- Vegetable oil for frying
For the Orange Sauce:
- 1 cup orange juice, fresh or bottled
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- â…“ cup rice vinegar
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed with 2 tablespoons water
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds for garnish
Instructions
- Prep the Chicken: Toss chicken with salt, pepper, flour, and cornstarch. Dip in beaten eggs and coat with cornstarch.
- Fry the Chicken: Fry in batches until golden brown and cooked through.
- Make the Orange Sauce: Combine orange juice, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, orange zest, garlic, and ginger. Thicken with cornstarch slurry.
- Coat the Chicken: Toss fried chicken in the orange sauce until coated.
- Garnish and Serve: Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds. Serve hot with rice.
Notes
- For a lighter version, pan-sear the chicken instead of deep-frying.
- You can use chicken breasts as a substitute for thighs.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Deep Frying, Stovetop
- Cuisine: Chinese-American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup with sauce
- Calories: 480
- Sugar: 24 g
- Sodium: 740 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 48 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 28 g
- Cholesterol: 130 mg
