Orange Chicken with White Rice

Name: Orange Chicken with White Rice
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3-4 chicken breasts; 1/2 cup cornstarch; 2 eggs; 1 cup flour; salt and pepper to taste; 1 cup oil; 1 cup orange juice (no pulp); 1/2 cup soy sauce; 1/2 cup honey (or brown sugar); 2 tbsp rice vinegar (or white vinegar); 2 tsp garlic (minced); 2 tbsp cornstarch mixed with 4 tbsp water (to thicken); 2 cups white rice (or jasmine); 1 tsp salt; sesame seeds (optional); green onions (optional)

Audrey @cook_112274903

Orange Chicken with White Rice

Audrey @cook_112274903

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Ingredients

40-45 minutes

4 people

Chicken:
3-4chicken breasts
1/2 cupcornstarch
2eggs
1 cupflour
salt and pepper to taste
1 cupoil
Orange Sauce:
1 cuporange juice (no pulp)
1/2 cupsoy sauce
1/2 cuphoney (or brown sugar)
2 tbsprice vinegar (or white vinegar)
2 tspgarlic (minced)
2 tbspcornstarch mixed with 4 tbsp water (to thicken)
Rice
2 cupswhite rice (or jasmine)
1 tspsalt
sesame seeds (optional)
green onions (optional)

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Steps

40-45 minutes

1

I use a rice cooker, but here are steps incase you do not own one:
2

Boil 4 cups of water
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Add rice and salt, cover and reduce to low and simmer for 15 minutes
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Remove from heat and let it sit for 5 minutes before uncovering
5

Cut chicken into bite sized cubes
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Season the chicken with salt and pepper
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Coat chicken in cornstarch
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Dip into beaten eggs
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Coat with flour (optional, but I add small amounts garlic powder and onion powder to mix with flour)
10

Heat oil in a pan and fry the chicken until golden and crispy
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Remove and drain on paper towels
12

In a saucepan or pot, mix orange juice, soy sauce, honey, vinegar, and garlic. Bring to a simmer
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Stir in the cornstarch slurry and cook until the sauce thickens.
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Toss the fried chicken in the orange sauce until fully coated
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Serve over warm white rice
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Optional: garnish with sesame seeds and chopped green onions