Chinese Orange Chicken with Rice or Noodles
Thursday, September 03, 2020
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Chinese orange chicken is a
super easy recipe made with crispy fried chicken
that's tossed in a delicious glossy spicy orange sauce,
which you can serve as is or with rice or noodles.
I was sceptical about giving this recipe a try.
I think it's because I had never tasted Chinese cuisine before,
so I personally was on the fence about how the combination of;
heat/spice and orange would taste good to me.
However, I decided to just give it a try and make some Chinese orange
chicken
for Friday (Jummah) Lunch,
which for my family is usually a rice-based family meal,
Hence, I decided to serve it with rice.
I'm so glad I gave it a try,
It tasted delicious, and my family loved it as well!
If you like Asian food and/or orange chicken or you'd like to give it a try,
now you can make it at home,
and I also share some important tips down below (after the
method)
be sure to check it out.
- INGREDIENTS -
5 - 6 Chicken Breasts
- BATTER -
1/3 Cup Corn Flour
1/4 Cup Flour
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper
1 Egg
1 1/2 tsp Soy sauce
1/3 - 1/4 Cup Water (approximately)
1 1/2 cups oil for frying (approximately)
- SAUCE -
2 1/2 Tbsp Orange Juice
1 Tbsp Orange Zest (1/2 an Orange)
1 tsp Freshly Grated Ginger
1 tsp Freshly Crushed Garlic
1 - 2 Tbsp Sriracha Sauce/Hot Sauce (adjust depending on your spice/heat preference)
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
2 1/2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
1 Tbsp White Vinegar
1 1/2 tsp Brown Sugar
Pinch of Salt
1 Tbsp Corn Flour mixed with 1 Cup Water
- SIDE RELISH -
1/3 Cucumber sliced
3 - 4 Tbsp White Vinegar
Pinch of Salt
Sesame Seeds
- GARNISH -
Handful of Chopped Spring Onions
Sesame Seeds
- SERVE WITH -
Noodles or Rice
- METHOD -
- Cut your chicken breast meat into cubes, roughly just over an inch in size.
- Depending on what you would like to serve this Chinese orange chicken, you can prepare either your noodles or rice now or towards the end of cooking the meal.
- Make a batter by mixing all the batter ingredients together (check my notes below for the extra tip). Add a little water at a time to get the right consistency, not too watery and thick (sounding a bit like Goldilocks there). It should have a batter consistency so it coats the chicken well.
- Mix your chicken in the batter and leave aside for 10 - 15 minutes.
- At this point, you can make the cucumber side relish. To make it, add the sliced cucumbers, vinegar, salt, and sesame seeds to a bowl, cover it, and chill it in the fridge.
- Next, heat the oil and fry the chicken for 10 - 15 minutes until golden. The size of your chicken pieces will determine how long they need to be fried. Then, remove the chicken from the oil and drain it on the parchment paper.
- Mix all the sauce ingredients in a pan. Bring the sauce to a boil on medium heat until it thickens, then turn down the heat.
- Once the sauce is glossy and thick in consistency, add to your fried chicken and ensure all the chicken is coated well.
- Leave it to simmer on low heat for 5 - 10 more minutes.
- Finally, before serving, garnish with chopped spring onions and sesame seeds. Serve as is or on top of rice or noodles.
- SOME EXTRA TIPS -
-
Add a little water to your dry batter ingredients to get the right consistency when making the batter. If you want it to not be too watery and not too thick (sounding a bit like Goldilocks there), the batter consistency should be able to coat the chicken easily.
- You can deep-fry your chicken, but I shallow-fried the coated chicken, which came out like I had deep-fried it.
- You can make the chicken as saucy as you like, depending on your preference. I liked it more saucy, so I added more of the ingredients and the cornflour-water mix.
- I used fresh orange juice, but you could substitute packaged orange juice if you can't find any oranges.
- PIN IT -
It is so easy to pin a recipe you like onto your Pinterest
boards;
Simply click on the picture, and it will take you to
Pinterest.
When you share the picture, the link also shares,
making it easier for you and anyone else to find the
recipe.
I've also shared some more rice-based dishes on my blog.
If you'd like to check out some of those recipes,
here are the links;
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8 comments
Your photography of your food is amazing!! And it looks so delicious! It's great that you gave extra tips at the ends as things like that can pop in one's mind so you've answered those queries
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, I really appreciate the kind feedback. I always find the tips are so important, which don't always get shared and it can save someone a panic attack while cooking lol
DeleteOhh yummm! Ma shaa Allah �� The photography is lit too! Made me want to try this recipe. Jazakillah Khayr -F
ReplyDeleteJazakallah so much :) I really appreciate it, hope you get to try it out and enjoy it too :D
DeleteOh wow never heard of this and never considered putting orange in with chicken!
ReplyDeleteSounds soo good! One I really want to make the effort to try.
Lol I was just as skeptical, the only 'citrus' I add to my chicken is lemon juice, but this was definitely worth the try and surprisingly it tasted delicious and it was easy to make. Hope you get to try it.
DeleteWhere do you keep coming up with these mouth watering and good looking recipes lol. Can't wait to try this!
ReplyDeleteLol scrolling on IG at 2am, getting hungry, thinking of what to cook day after day, leads to major experimenting, that turns out to be a win! Thank you so much, I hope you get to try it out.
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