Recipe: Perfect Orange-Ginger Chicken

Orange-Ginger Chicken. This twist on a popular Chinese takeout dish is one of my husband's all-time favorites. Orange Ginger Chicken Recipe photo by Taste of Home. This award-winning Orange Ginger Chicken recipe is a healthier homemade alternative to takeout or Trader Joe's.

Inspired by Trader Joe's Mandarin Orange Chicken, this dish is a much-healthier version to make at home! This Orange-Ginger Chicken Stir Fry is just sweet enough thanks to the fresh orange juice and I always include at least two veggies I know they'll eat, like broccoli and carrots. Chinese Orange Chicken made with crispy fried chicken covered in an authentic orange sauce. You can have Orange-Ginger Chicken using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Orange-Ginger Chicken

1. It's 2 1/2 lb of chicken thighs, trimmed.
2. Prepare 8 oz of sliced water chestnuts, drained.
3. You need 1/2 cup of orange juice.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of orange zest.
5. You need 3 tbsp of soy sauce.
6. Prepare 2 tsp of grated ginger.
7. Prepare 1 clove of garlic, minced.
8. You need 3 tbsp of cornstarch.
9. It's 3 tbsp of water.
10. You need 1 of rice.

It is a sweet orange sauce made with orange juice, vinegar, garlic, sugar, soy sauce, ginger, red chili. Orange-Ginger Chicken, spatchcocked and grilled! "Spatchcocked" is just a fancy way of saying Also, leave the chicken in the orange ginger marinade for as long as you can — at least two hours. Brining chicken is a great technique for making roasted chicken extra moist! The seasonings added to the brine infuse the bird with hints of ginger and orange.

Orange-Ginger Chicken step by step

1. Trim, rinse, and pat dry chicken. Place in slow cooker with water chestnuts..
2. In small bowl, combine orange juice, zest, soy sauce, ginger and garlic. Pour over chicken..
3. Cover and cook on LOW for ~4 hours until chicken is tender..
4. Remove chicken and water chestnuts and keep warm. Start cooking rice..
5. Dissolve cornstarch in water and stir into slow cooker sauce. Increase heat to HIGH and simmer for 10-15 minutes until thickened..
6. Serve chicken with sauce over rice..

Try crispy chicken with a kick of ginger complete with tasty orange rice. Crisp kale and tangy ginger chicken burst the flavor in the Bertolli orange ginger chicken Veggie Shish Kebabs recipe. Try it next time you fire up the grill. Orange marmalade is one of my favorite ingredients to cook with, and honestly- what else do people do with orange marmalade?? I don't see many people spreading it on toast or plopping it on their PB&J.