International Recipes
Healthy Chinese Orange Chicken
Ingredients
Chicken
- 3 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into pieces
- 1 teaspoon minced ginger root
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne or red pepper flakes
- 1 cup sliced green onions or scallions
- 1 tablespoon sake (rice wine)
- 1/2 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
Orange Sauce
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- Juice of 1 fresh orange (or about 3 tablespoons orange juice)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white wine vinegar
- Orange zest from 1 orange
Cornstarch Slurry
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Mix together ingredients for Orange Sauce. Set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in a wok over high heat. Add minced ginger and garlic, stirring for about 30
seconds. Add chicken to wok and cook.
- Add the dried red chiles and chopped green onion. Sauté again, then pour in the rice wine. Add orange sauce to wok and stir well.
- Make a slurry with cornstarch and water and mix until smooth. Add to wok and stir until the orange sauce thickens.
- Before serving, stir in sesame oil and grated orange zest.
- Serve over steamed rice.