How to Make Perfect Orange Chicken

Orange Chicken.

You can have Orange Chicken using 19 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Orange Chicken

1. Prepare of orange sauce.
2. You need 1 1/2 cup of water.
3. It's 1/4 cup of lemon juice.
4. You need 2 tbsp of orange juice.
5. Prepare 1/3 cup of rice vinegar.
6. It's 2 1/2 tbsp of soy sauce.
7. It's 1 cup of brown sugar, packed.
8. You need 1 tbsp of orange zest.
9. It's 1/2 tsp of garlic, minced.
10. Prepare 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes.
11. It's of starch mixture.
12. It's 2 tbsp of water.
13. It's 3 tbsp of corn starch.
14. You need of chicken.
15. Prepare 2 of chicken breasts.
16. It's 1 cup of flour.
17. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
18. It's 1/4 tsp of pepper.
19. You need 1 tbsp of olive oil.

Orange Chicken step by step

1. In a saucepan, combine water, lemon juice, orange juice, rice vinegar, and soy sauce. Set over medium-high heat..
2. Add orange zest, garlic, red pepper, and brown sugar. Bring sauce to a boil..
3. Once boiling, remove sauce from heat and let cool for 15 minutes..
4. Cut chicken into 1-inch pieces and place into a gallon sized resealable bag..
5. Pour 1/2 cup of cooled orange sauce over chicken..
6. Refrigerate chicken and remaining sauce for 1 hour..
7. In another gallon sized resealable bag, mix flour, salt, and pepper..
8. Add chicken pieces to the flour mixture, seal bag, and shake to coat..
9. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Brown chicken on both sides and set aside..
10. Add the remaining orange sauce to the skillet and bring to a boil..
11. In a small bowl, mix together 2 tablespoons water and corn starch..
12. Add starch mixture to the orange sauce and reduce heat to medium low..
13. Add chicken pieces to sauce mixture and simmer until sauce has thickened, around 3 minutes, stirring occasionally..