Omnivore's Cookbook· by Maggie Zhu★ 4.9 (32)

Chinese Orange Chicken (Crispy Chicken without Deep Frying)

Name: Chinese Orange Chicken (Crispy Chicken without Deep Frying)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons dried tangerine peel ((or fresh orange peel, or fresh tangerine peel)); 1/2 cup orange juice; 3 tablespoons rice vinegar; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce ((or soy sauce)); 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine ((or dry sherry)); 2 tablespoons sugar ((or 3 tablespoons if you prefer a sweet dish like takeout)); 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 14 oz boneless skinless breast (or chicken thigh) (, cut to 1” (2.5-cm) pieces (*footnote 1)); 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 egg; 1/2 cup cornstarch; 1/3 cup vegetable oil; 3 green onion (, sliced (white part for cooking and green part for garnishing)); 3 cloves garlic (, minced)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 40m total

Servings

Calories

23% of a 2,000 cal day

458KCAL

Protein

25g50% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat25g

33%

Saturated4g

19%

Unsaturated22g

—

Total Carbs30g

11%

Fiber1g

Total Sugars11g

—

incl. Added Sugars8g

16%

Starch19g

—

Sodium754mg

33%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Crispy baked chicken tossed in a fragrant orange sauce made with tangerine peel, orange juice, and soy-based sauce. A healthier version of the takeout favorite without deep frying.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

2 tbspdried tangerine peel — or fresh orange peel or fresh tangerine peel
½ cuporange juice
3 tbsprice vinegar
1 tbsplight soy sauce — or soy sauce
1 tbspShaoxing wine — or dry sherry
2–3 tbspsugar
1 tbspcornstarch
¼ tspsalt
14 ozboneless skinless breast — cut into 1-inch pieces, or chicken thigh
1 tbspvegetable oil
½ tspsalt
1egg
½ cupcornstarch
⅓ cupvegetable oil
3green onion — sliced
3garlic — minced

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Nutrition uses 4 ordinary servings for this batch; the source listed 2.

Method

40m total

Read the method on Omnivore's CookbookMaggie Zhu’s original page

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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