How to Make Authentic Orange Chicken in 35 Minutes

Ingredients

• For chicken

  4 boneless chicken breastsbite-size pieces
• 3 whisked eggs
• ⅓ cup Corn Starch
• ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
• oilas needed

• For sauce

  1 cup Orange juice
• ½ cup Sugar
• 2 tbsp Rice Vinegar
• 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
• ¼ tsp ginger
• 2 garlic clovesfinely diced
• ½ tsp red chilli flakes
• orange zestfrom 1 orange
• 1 tbsp Corn Starch

Let’s cook

1. In a pot, mix orange juice, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, garlic and chilli flakes. Heat the mixture for about 3 minutes. In a small bowl, add 1 tablespoon of corn starch and 2 tablespoons of water. Whisk thoroughly to form a paste. Add this slurry to the orange sauce and combine well. Cook for another 5 minutes or until the mixture thickens. Remove from the heat and then add orange zest to it.

2. Take the flour and corn starch in a plate and add salt to it. In another dish, whisk the eggs. First, dip the chicken in egg and then in flour. In a deep bottomed vessel, heat oil on medium-high flame and drop the chicken carefully, once the oil is hot enough. Deep fry the coated chicken pieces for 2-3 minutes until golden brown. Drain the chicken to remove excess oil.

3. Keep aside some sauce and add the fried chicken pieces to the remaining orange sauce. Mix well and top with orange zest.

4. Sprinkle some finely chopped spring onion leaves and serve with fried rice.