Chicken With Orange Sauce

Chicken With Orange Sauce
22 July 2024

Prepared with oranges, soy sauce, and chicken breast, orange chicken is one of the most popular dishes in Chinese cuisine. Sesame seeds and chives can be used for garnishing. It is suitable to serve as a main course. With the version of Elif Edes, we can move on to the details of the chicken with orange sauce recipe from Chinese cuisine.

Prep Time : 30 mins
Cook time : 40 mins
Servings : 4 People
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Chicken With Orange Sauce

Ingredients

  • 2 pieces of chicken breast meat or boneless, skinless chicken drumsticks
  • Salt
  • Black Pepper
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon of flour
  • Frying oil

For the orange sauce:

  • 200 ml of orange juice (freshly squeezed)
  • 1 orange zest
  • 1-2 tablespoons of sugar
  • 1 tablespoon of rice or apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon grated ginger
  • 2 cloves of garlic (crushed)
  • 1 pinch of red pepper flakes
  • 1 tablespoon of cornstarch or flour

For garnishing:

  • Sesame seeds and slivered almonds (lightly sautéed)
  • Frank onion (finely chopped)
  • Orange zest
Chicken With Orange Sauce

Instructions

  1. Put all the ingredients for the sauce, except the orange zest, in a small saucepan, mix, and heat for 2-3 minutes.
  2. Mix the cornstarch or flour with 2 tablespoons of water in a bowl, then add it to the sauce and cook while whisking constantly. When it reaches a thick and shiny consistency, remove it from the heat and add the orange zest.
  3. For the chicken, mix the flour, cornstarch, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Break the egg into another bowl and beat lightly, then coat the chicken pieces first in the egg and then in the flour mixture.
  4. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the chicken pieces for 3-5 minutes, depending on their size, turning them, and draining the excess oil on a paper towel.
  5. Mix the sauce prepared in the wok pan with the fried chicken pieces and sauté them together for a little while, then place them on a serving plate and garnish with sesame seeds, almonds, chives, and orange zest.
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