The key to any meal, wether its breakfast, lunch, or dinner is the prep. Have all your ingredients ready to go.
Ingredients:
- 1 LB chicken breast cut into bite size cubes
- 1/2 tablespoon of chopped garlic
- 1/2 tablespoon of chopped ginger
- 2 teaspoons of orange zest
- 4 dried red chile cut into half remove seeds
- 2.5 cups of corn oil to fry
Breading For the Chicken
- 3/4 cup of all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup of cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
- 2 eggs
Orange Chicken Sauce:
- 1.5 cups of orange juice
- 1 tablespoon chinese rice wine
- 2 teaspoons of sesame seed oil
- 2.5 tablespoons of sugar
- 2 teaspoons of seasoned rice vinegar
- 1.5 tablespoons of soy sauce
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1 tablespoon of cornstarch mixed with 1 teaspoon of cold water
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The egg wash is a key part of making orange chicken. Egg wash is used to bind the flour mixture onto the bite size chicken pieces. The Egg wash also add a flavor component to the chicken.
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Another binding agent is the cornstarch mixed with flour. Along with the salt and crushed pepper corns makes a delicious breading for the chicken.
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The breading mixture is also great on large pieces of chicken or beef. Fried it taste great.
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Slicing your chicken breast into uniform bite size pieces allows them to fry evenly.
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Notice the size of the sliced pieces.
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Using fresh corn oil also gives clean taste.
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While your chicken is frying steam cook your broccoli for a 5
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Shock cooling your broccoli after steam cooking, stops the broccoli from cooking and maintains the broccoli green color and crunch texture
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When chicken is golden brown it is done.
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bon appetit
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