Baked Orange Chicken
I am still trying to find that perfect orange chicken recipe. If you have it will you let me know? The last one I did, was a complete dud, but I should have known by how few ingredients were in it. This one is much more authentic tasting & I baked the chicken to take out the fat from frying it.
I also am adjusting the sauce so there is a little more for your liking. It was the perfect amount to coat the chicken, just not enough to have that extra to add to the rice. All in all, this was a very pleasing meal.
Baked Orange Chicken
Yields Servings
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts, (about 2 breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes)
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 1 ½ cups panko bread crumbs
- 2 oranges, zest from one, fresh squeezed juice from both (approximately ¾ – 1 cup juice)
- water, (added to juice to make 1 ¾ cups liquid when combined with fresh juice)
- ¼ cup + 2 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 3 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp finely grated ginger
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
- 2 Tbsp COLD water
- chopped green onions
Instructions
- Heat oven to 425˚F. In three separate dishes/plates combine the flour, garlic powder, salt & pepper into the first; the egg & milk whisked into the second; & the panko in the third.
- Coat each piece of chicken. First in the flour mixture (I tossed all my chicken in this mixture all at once), then egg, then panko. Place each coated piece of chicken on a thoroughly greased baking sheet.
- Bake chicken for 10 minutes. Then flip/stir up the chicken & cook an additional 10 minutes or until cooked all the way through & crispy on the outside.
- While chicken cooks in the oven, combine orange juice, zest, water, rice vinegar, & soy sauce in a saucepan over medium heat for a few minutes. Stir in brown sugar, ginger, & garlic letting it come to a boil. Make a slurry with your cold water & cornstarch. Pour slurry into boiling sauce until it thickens. Keep warm.
- Once the chicken is out of the oven, spray a large saucepan/wok with pan coating & add chicken on high heat. Toss chicken a little bit & gradually add sauce until chicken is coated well. (The sauce should sizzle when it hits the pan.) Reserve leftover sauce.
- Serve chicken with rice, green onions & extra sauce.
Notes
Disclaimer: Nutritional values were calculated using a third-party tool and are provided as an estimation only.
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I found your blog through Pinterest. Tonight I made this recipe for my family and it was AMAZING! The flavors were perfect. I might make just the sauce for other things, too. Thank you for sharing. I will definitely be making this again.
That’s so great! Thanks for sharing! So glad you liked it!
Oh my gosh, I just made this and it turned out amazingly!!
Yay! Thanks for sharing your review!
Made this tonight, it was delicious! Thanks for sharing it Amber.
Great! I am so glad you liked it!
Hey, I tried this recipe tonight and it was delicious. I was surpised how much sauce it gives you but it tastes really good. I did try your other crockpot orange chicken and after a couple alterations I really like that one two. I changed the orange concentrate to just orange juice and instead of sticking it in the crockpot(mine came out completely burnt) I threw it in the oven for an hour. I was sad to see it gone but this is a great substitute.
Hey Sara,
I did adjust the recipe to have more sauce. When I made it, it was just enough to coat the chicken, but I wanted enough extra for rice & such. My other Orange Chicken recipe I had on the blog, I deleted b/c I really didn’t like it that much. I just want to post the things that I really am proud to share. I can find the other recipe for you if you want me to email it & you can adjust it the way you liked it. Let me know 🙂
Have you tried the slow cooker orange chicken recipe that is floating around the Internet? Well I tried it and both Cameron and I thought it was yucky….way too citric/Orange tasting. I will have to try this recipe out.
Yeah I have. That one is on my blog too. Looks good, tastes not so good. I explained that when I posted it. This one is much better!