Orange Chicken

Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Popular
Health score
10%
Orange Chicken
45 min.
2
1056kcal

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Ingredients

  • 0.5 teaspoon pepper black
  • lb chicken thighs boneless
  • cup chicken broth 
  • cup tbsp cornstarch 
  •  eggs (for coating and frying)
  • cloves garlic minced
  • 0.5 teaspoon ginger minced
  • servings oil for frying
  • 0.5 cup orange juice 
  • 0.3 cup soya sauce 
  • teaspoon sriracha 
  • 0.5 cup sugar 
  • 0.3 cup vinegar 

Equipment

  • bowl
  • frying pan
  • paper towels
  • sauce pan
  • whisk

Directions

  1. Mix together the chicken broth, juice, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, sriracha, ginger and pepper in a bowl to make marinade.
  2. Pour slightly more than 1/2 of the marinade into ziploc bag. Set the rest aside to make sauce later. Slice chicken into 1 inch cubes.
  3. Add chicken into marinade bag.
  4. Let chicken marinade for at least 2 hours.
  5. Pour oil into frying pan at least 1 inch deep and heat to medium heat. In a small bowl, whisk egg. In a separate small bowl, pour 1 cup cornstarch.
  6. Drain chicken from marinade. Dunk chicken first in egg, then coat in cornstarch and then put into heated frying pan. Fry for a few minutes until chicken is a light golden brown. You can do a few pieces at a time, in small batches until all chicken is used up.
  7. Place already fried chicken aside on plate lined with paper towel.
  8. In a small saucepan, pour the remaining marinade that was previously set aside.
  9. Add in 2 tbsp of cornstarch and mix so it is completely dissolved. Cook on low heat, stirring constantly so that the cornstarch does not get chunky. Cook for a few minutes until sauce becomes thick.
  10. Set aside about 1/3 of the sauce. Leave remaining 2/3 in saucepan and add in fried chicken pieces and coat with sauce.
  11. Serve chicken over rice.
  12. Pour some of the remaining sauce on top.

Nutrition Facts

Calories1056kcal
Protein17%
Fat37.32%
Carbs45.68%

Properties

Glycemic Index
132.05
Glycemic Load
38.76
Inflammation Score
-5
Nutrition Score
23.720869416776%

Flavonoids

Eriodictyol
0.11mg
Hesperetin
7.41mg
Naringenin
1.33mg
Kaempferol
0.01mg
Myricetin
0.08mg
Quercetin
0.21mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:1055.8kcal
52.79%
Fat:43.2g
66.47%
Saturated Fat:11.1g
69.39%
Carbohydrates:119.01g
39.67%
Net Carbohydrates:117.86g
42.86%
Sugar:56.3g
62.55%
Cholesterol:306.45mg
102.15%
Sodium:2375.86mg
103.3%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:44.28g
88.55%
Selenium:52.69µg
75.27%
Vitamin B3:12.24mg
61.2%
Vitamin B6:0.94mg
47.19%
Phosphorus:470.85mg
47.08%
Vitamin C:34.95mg
42.37%
Vitamin B2:0.55mg
32.3%
Vitamin B5:2.91mg
29.09%
Vitamin B12:1.67µg
27.85%
Zinc:3.45mg
23.01%
Manganese:0.43mg
21.31%
Potassium:732.2mg
20.92%
Vitamin B1:0.28mg
18.82%
Iron:3.26mg
18.12%
Magnesium:69.69mg
17.42%
Copper:0.27mg
13.57%
Folate:41.43µg
10.36%
Vitamin A:431.54IU
8.63%
Vitamin E:1.28mg
8.55%
Vitamin K:7.85µg
7.48%
Calcium:60.16mg
6.02%
Fiber:1.14g
4.57%
Vitamin D:0.67µg
4.45%