Miss Parker’s Orange Chicken
At a Glance
- Prep
- 10 minutes
- Cook
- 20 minutes
- Total
- 30 minutes
- Servings
- 2 servings chicken, 2 serving(s)
Categories
- Main Course
- One Dish Meal
- Asian
- Cantonese
- Chinese
- Deep Fried
- Easy
Allergens
- Egg
- Wheat
- Soy
Servings & Nutrition
Original recipe serves 2. Current scale: 1x.
This recipe is a combination of many recipes to make orange chicken that you get at Chinese take-outs. Very good with a strong orange flavor.
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Equipment
Ziploc bag, bowl, deep fryer or heavy pan, cooling rack, 1-quart saucepan
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 tablespoon rice wine (Mirin)
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1/3 cup white vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 pinches salt
- 2 pinches white pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
- 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 orange, juice of
- 1 orange, zest of
- 2 tablespoons water
Instructions
For the chicken;.
Slice chicken into bite sized pieces, put in Ziploc bag.
In a bowl; mix the egg, flour, rice wine, corn starch and soy sauce together. Pour on chicken in bag. Mix the marinate and chicken together. let stand for at least 20 minutes or longer.
Fry chicken in 350°F oil,a few pieces at a time as to not crowd the pan, until golden. Remove and drain on cooling rack.
While chicken is marinating make the sauce.
The sauce;.
In a 1 quart saucepan, bring to a boil, the vinegar, water, sugar, salt, white pepper, Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, and olive oil.
Mix together the corn starch and water, add to the boiling mixture and simmer until thick. Remove from heat.
Add the ginger, orange juice, orange zest.
To serve:.
On a mound of hot cooked rice, place several pieces of chicken.
Slather the chicken/rice mound with the sauce.
Serve with steamed broccoli on the side.
Enjoy!
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