![]() ![]() Toss throughly to coat and enjoy immediately. Remove the chicken from the oven and add to the sauce. When all the chicken is cooked and keeping warm in the oven, make the sauce.Īdd all of the ingredients to a skillet and whisk to combine over medium heat, until the sauce starts to bubble, thicken and turn glossy. ![]() Drain the chicken on your prepared rack and keep warm in the oven. Cook until golden brown and crispy, about 5-6 minutes, flipping as needed. Use a pair of tongs to gently add the chicken to the hot oil in batches, being careful not to crowd the pan. Heat 2 inches of oil in a high-sided, heavy bottomed pot over medium high heat until oil reaches 350☏. Place a rack over a rimmed baking sheet lined with paper towels. When done, mix in the cornstarch so that everything forms a loose batter. Marinate the chicken with the egg white, soy sauce, and shaoxing wine for 15 minutes. 1 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite sized pieces.Cue that old school Backstreet Boys song…I don’t care who you are, where you’re from, what you did, as long as you’re orange chicken.Ĭopycat Panda Express Orange Chicken Recipe Truth is, it doesn’t matter how it’s made or where it comes from, I just love orange chicken. The thing about orange chicken is that it gets coated in sauce so you loose a touch of that crispness, so if you want to go the hands off oven baked route, that works too. Heck, it’s so good that we even make orange chicken at home, from scratch because when you love something, you want to do right by it.Īnyway, I whipped up a batch the other day so that Mike and I could compare deep-fried to oven baked and the truth is…we thought both were excellent! So, it’s a question of how much commitment you want to put into it. ![]() And I sometimes buy that bag of frozen orange chicken from Trader Joe’s. I mean, I get absurdly excited when they put out a new batch at Panda Express. It hits all the right flavor notes and is a mix of textures too and it’s my absolute favorite. At its core, it’s a crunchy deep fried nugget of meat coated in a sweet and tangy (sour) sauce. I know that people don’t think it’s real Chinese food, but it’s actually based on a real Chinese dish, just with a few tweaks: more sugar and orange juice instead of vinegar or lemon. ![]()
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