Name: Orange Chicken Recipe
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 4, 4 servings
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs ((cut into 1½-inch/4cm chunks)); 1 tablespoon water; 2 teaspoons Shaoxing wine; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil; 1/8 teaspoon white pepper; 1/3 cup cornstarch; 1 to 1½ cups neutral oil ((such as canola, peanut, or vegetable oil, for shallow-frying the chicken)); 1/2 cup fresh orange juice ((or store-bought)); 1/2 cup chicken stock; 2 tablespoons sugar; 2 1/2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon oyster sauce; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 3 to 4 pieces dried tangerine or mandarin orange peel ((optional)); 6 dried red chili peppers; 2 star anise; 1/2 teaspoon garlic ((minced, optional)); 1/2 teaspoon ginger ((minced, optional)); 2 tablespoons cornstarch ((mixed into slurry with 2 tablespoons water)); 1 scallion ((sliced on an angle into 1 1/2-inch/4cm pieces))

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Orange Chicken Recipe

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 1h 5m total

Servings

Calories

15% of a 2,000 cal day

308KCAL

Protein

21g42% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat14g

18%

Saturated2g

10%

Unsaturated12g

—

Total Carbs24g

Fiber1g

Total Sugars10g

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Starch13g

—

Sodium1739mg

76%

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

A classic Chinese orange chicken with fresh citrus, dried chilies, and star anise, served in a savory-sweet glaze. Rich and aromatic with Asian spices and sesame oil.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

For the chicken:

1 lbboneless skinless chicken breast — cut into 1½-inch chunks, or boneless skinless chicken thighs
1 tbspwater
2 tspShaoxing wine
½ tspsalt
¼ tspgarlic powder
¼ tspsesame oil
⅛ tspwhite pepper
⅓ cupcornstarch
1–1½ cupsneutral oil — for shallow-frying

For the rest of the dish:

½ cupfresh orange juice — fresh or store-bought
½ cupchicken stock
2 tbspsugar
2½ tbsprice wine vinegar
1 tbspoyster sauce
¼ tspsalt
3–4dried tangerine peel — or dried mandarin orange peel, optional
6dried red chili peppers
2star anise
½ tspgarlic — minced, optional
½ tspginger — minced, optional
2 tbspcornstarch) — (mixed into slurry with 2 tablespoons water
1scallion

Quantities update with the servings stepper.

Method

1h 5m total

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Nutrition as published by The Woks of Life, per serving.

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