Orange Chicken Recipe

Orange Chicken

One chicken meal that you cannot forget is the orange chicken. It is rare to find in homes and its taste is powerful that you can hardly forget when you see a chicken meal. This is how you can prepare it.

Ingredients

• Chicken:
• 4 egg whites
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 4 boneless chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized pieces

Sauce:

• 1/2 cup orange juice (I used Simply Orange)
• 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
• A little grated or minced ginger
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 packed tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
• Vegetable or peanut oil, for frying
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• Dash salt
• Dash crushed red pepper
• 1 clove garlic, pressed

Directions :  For your chicken: You should present a large bowl; whisk the egg whites and cornstarch with your fork until it is frothy for about a minute. You can now add your chicken to the mixture and allow to sit for ten minutes.

For the sauce: You should put the orange juice, vinegar, sesame oil, soy sauce, sugar, salt, crushed red pepper, garlic and ginger in a small nonstick skillet and whisk.

You should heat until bubbling and starting to thicken, about 5 minutes.

Whisk together the cornstarch and 1/4 cup water in a small bowl and add 1 to 2 tablespoons of the cornstarch slurry to the sauce. Mix in and thicken for 1 minute.

Heat about 2 inches of vegetable oil in a heavy-bottomed Dutch oven until a deep-fry thermometer inserted in the oil registers 350 degrees F.