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Home / Latest Posts / Recipes / Restaurant Style Orange Chicken

Restaurant Style Orange Chicken

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 9/16/18Updated: 5/26/21

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Orange Chicken

This orange chicken is just as tangy and delicious as your favorite take out dish and so easy to make at home.

For more easy and delicious Chinese takeout recipes, try Mongolian Beef, Sesame Chicken and a delicious Sweet and Sour Chicken

Orange Chicken over rice

What’s your favorite mall food?  I’m not a huge fan of the mall food court, but if the kids are starving during a trip to the mall, my first choice is always the food booth with the orange chicken!

Orange Chicken over rice with green onions

orange chicken chinese food

I love taking my favorite “eating out” foods and trying to create them at home.  I have to say that this orange chicken recipe is better than the mall food court version.  The flavor is perfect, but there is less breading and more chicken.  There is nothing worse then biting into a piece of orange chicken and all you find is breading and no actual chicken! This recipe has the perfect ratio of chicken to coating.

diced chicken egg wash and flour

How to Make Chinese Orange Chicken at home

  • Cut chicken into bite size pieces, about 1 – 1 1/2 inches. You can use skinless, boneless chicken breasts or chicken thighs.
  • Combine flour, salt and pepper into a plastic zipper bag.
  • Dip chicken into beaten egg.
  • Cover chicken with flour mixture.
  • Heat oil in a frying pan over medium high heat.
  • Cook until golden brown in hot oil. Keep oil around 350 degrees F.
  • Remove from oil and place on paper towels to absorb excess oil.
platter of orange chicken and white rice

Orange Chicken Sauce

While the chicken is cooking, mix up the sauce. The sauce has as a nice sweet tangyness to it.

  • Combine 1 ½ cups water, lemon juice, orange juice, rice vinegar, and soy sauce In a large saucepan
  • Blend well over medium heat for a few minutes.
  • Stir in brown sugar, orange zest, ginger garlic, and onion. Bring to a boil.
  • Combine 3 tablespoons of cornstarch with 1/4 cup of water and mix thoroughly.
  • Slowly stir cornstarch mixture into sauce until it thickens.

How to Serve Orange Chicken

  1. Pour sauce over cooked chicken.
  2. Garnish with green onions.
  3. Serve with rice.
Orange Chicken on a fork

Next time you are craving your favorite Chinese orange chicken from the mall, make it at home instead!

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Orange Chicken Recipe

5 from 1 vote
Orange Chicken

Orange Chicken

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Delicious orange chicken, just like the orange chicken served at your favorite take out restaurant.
serves: 6
Prep:10 minutes minutes
Cook:30 minutes minutes
Total:40 minutes minutes
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Ingredients

Chicken

  • 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into 1-1/2” cubes
  • 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 eggs beaten
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • Oil for frying

Orange Sauce

  • 1 ½ cups water
  • 2 Tbsps orange juice
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 1/3 cup rice vinegar
  • 2 ½ Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp orange zest grated
  • 1 Cup brown sugar packed
  • ½ tsp ginger root minced
  • ½ tsp garlic minced
  • 2 Tbsp green onion chopped
  • ¼ tsp red pepper flakes
  • 3 Tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 Tbsp water

Instructions

  • Combine flour, salt, and pepper.
  • Dip chicken in egg mixture and shake in flour mixture to coat.
  • Deep fry chicken in batches at 375 degrees in a deep fryer (or use a wok) until completely cooked.
  • Meanwhile, in a large saucepan combine 1 ½ cups water, lemon juice, orange juice, rice vinegar, and soy sauce.
  • Blend well over medium heat for a few minutes.
  • Stir in brown sugar, orange zest, ginger garlic, and onion. Bring to a boil.
  • Combine 3 tablespoons of cornstarch with 1/4 cup of water and mix thoroughly.
  • Slowly stir cornstarch mixture into sauce until it thickens.
  • Pour sauce over breaded chicken, and if desired add red pepper flakes and garnish with green onions

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Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 465kcal (23%) Carbohydrates: 65g (22%) Protein: 37g (74%) Fat: 4g (6%) Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) Cholesterol: 124mg (41%) Sodium: 718mg (31%) Potassium: 689mg (20%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 36g (40%) Vitamin A: 140IU (3%) Vitamin C: 10.3mg (12%) Calcium: 49mg (5%) Iron: 2.6mg (14%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Main Course
Cuisine:Chinese
Orange Chicken
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Originally posted June 4, 2010

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  1. Melissa says

    Posted on 10/20 at 10:32 am

    This sounds great. Do you recommend a substitute for the all-purpose flour to make it gluten free?

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    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 10/20 at 10:36 am

      I like using almond flour
      but rice flour would work too

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