California Farm Orange Chicken Dinner

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

Quicker than take-out, no oily taste, and $2 for a big meal. Half a chicken is used to make broth, then deboned and chopped in bite size pieces, while you make a delicious thick sauce from a fresh orange, spices, honey and cornstarch. Served over sushi rice cooked in a pan with this foolproof method.

California Farm Orange Chicken Dinner

Quicker than take-out, no oily taste, and $2 for a big meal. Half a chicken is used to make broth, then deboned and chopped in bite size pieces, while you make a delicious thick sauce from a fresh orange, spices, honey and cornstarch. Served over sushi rice cooked in a pan with this foolproof method.

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Ingredients

Under an hour
2 people
  1. Halfa chicken
  2. Enough lemon juice to wash the chicken
  3. 1large peeled and diced orange
  4. Zest of the orange peel
  5. 1 Cupshort grain sushi rice
  6. 4 cupsWater
  7. 2 TbsRice Vinegar
  8. 2 Tbsorange marmelade
  9. 2 clovescrushed Garlic
  10. 1 TbsSoy sauce
  11. 1 TbsHoney
  12. 1 Tbsshredded fresh ginger
  13. 1Chopped green onion stalk
  14. 1 Tspred Pepper flakes
  15. Tbscornstarch in 2 Tbs cold water
  16. Equipment: One pan to boil chicken and make rice, one pan to make sauce
  17. Cost: 1/2 chicken $3, rice 40 cents, other 60 cents, $2 per dinner

Cooking Instructions

Under an hour
  1. 1

    Bring half chicken to rolling boil covered with 4 cups cold water, with tsp of salt, boil hard 15 minutes. Prick fork in chicken to see if meat comes loose, done. Pour off two cups broth into other pan. Remove chicken, add cup of sushi short grain rice to broth in first pan, stir well, add 2 Tbs rice vinegar, cover, bring to rolling boil, turn off, it will cook itself in 20 minutes, and no burning the bottom.

  2. 2

    Dice deboned chicken meat, add to two cups of chicken broth in second pan, add peeled sliced orange cut in small dices, other ingredients, boil hard, add cornstarch, simmer till thick. Dispose of chicken bones in garden fermenter.

  3. 3

    Place cup of cooked rice on plate. Add cup of chicken meat in orange sauce on top, sprinkle with green chopped onions, serve. Enjoy.

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California, United States
I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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