Orange chicken recipes
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Ingredients
- SAUCE
- 350 ml water
- 30 ml orange juice
- 60 ml lemon juice
- 80 ml rice vinegar
- 40 ml soy sauce
- 5g grated orange zest
- 150g brown sugar
- 10g minced fresh ginger root
- 1 clove minced garlic
- 10g chopped green onion
- 10g red pepper flakes
- 25g cornstarch
- 30 ml water
- CHICKEN:
- 2 boneless. skinless chicken breasts. cut into ½ inch pieces
- 125g all-purpose flour
- to taste salt and pepper
- 45 ml olive oil
Method
- 1.To make the sauce first add all the ingredients for the sauce in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Then remove from the heat and leave to cool for half and hour
- 2.Cut the chicken into small bite sized pieces and put in a plastic bag with half the (cooled) sauce and shake! Then leave in the fridge to marinade for 2-3 hours.
- 3.Put the flour, salt, and pepper into a large bowl and then once the chicken has marinated coat all the pieces thoroughly with the seasoned flour.
- 4.Heat the olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. then brown the chicken turning after 7-10 mins making sure the chicken is cooked through - white on the inside. Cook portions at a time and when cooked through set aside on a plate.
- Put the remaining sauce into the pan and Mix together the cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water, stir into the sauce. Reduce heat to medium low, add the chicken pieces, and simmer, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally
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- 2 chicken breasts
- shallow bowlful cornflour
- shallow bowlful breadcrumbs
- 1 egg whisked
- about 4 oranges juiced or 150ml fresh orange juice from carton
- 1 tbls soy sauce
- 1 tbls sugar
- 1 tbls cornflour dissolved in 2 tbls cold water
- 1 orange for decorating (optional)
- oil for shallow frying
- salt and pepper
Method
- Coat chicken breasts in breadcrumbs by coating in cornflour, egg then breadcrumbs.
- Heat oven to 180oC
- Put oil in frying pan and cook chicken on each side for 3-4 minutes.
- Put chicken into oven proof dish and put in oven for about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile make orange sauce. Squeeze juice from the oranges or use about 150ml of fresh orange juice. Add to a saucepan with the soy sauce, sugar and some orange zest from the orange for decorating (if using).
- Once sugar is dissolved mix in cornflour and water mixture.
- add salt and pepper to taste and simmer until chicken is ready.
- Pour orange sauce over chicken breasts and slice the orange and place on top (if using optional orange for decorating) and cook for about 5 more minutes.
- Serve with boiled rice, slice chicken into 4 or 5 pieces each and lay on top of rice and spoon sauce over.
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- 2 kg chicken Wings
- 1 cup Soy Sauce
- quarter cup sherry
- quarter cup oil
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 3 tblsps Brown Sugar
- 1 tblsp chopped fresh root ginger
- 4 tblsp Tomato Sauce
Method
- Thaw the wings if frozen. Twist and cut each wing at its joints.(Use the tiny wing tip for soup stock)
- Put the chicken pieces in a roasting dish or in a plastic bag if you are going to marinate them for 12 hours in a refrigerator.
- Make the marinade by combining all the ingredients. Pour over the chicken pieces.
- Marinate for at least 2 hours turning occasionally
- Sprinkle with salt.
- Bake at 180 degrees for 35 mins.
- Stir and turn occasionally.
- Serve warm.
- Makes 48 pieces.
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Add commentPhil Green Sun Feb 10 2013 • Reply
This is a terrific recipe. I prefer a separate marinade for the chicken consisting of one egg, three tablespoons cornflour, a tsp salt, a tbls dry sherry and a tbls soy sauce. This gives the chicken a great batter whilst remaining tender and juicy inside.