Orange Chicken

Sticky, Sweet and Oh so good! This Fakeaway recipe is sure to be a hit!

Servings: 2

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Prep Time
10 minutes

Cook Time
45 minutes

Total Time
55 minutes

Main Course

Chinese

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Instructions

1 Oven On – Preheat the oven to 180°C
2 Mix Up the Sauce – In a large bowl place the Orange Juice, Zest, Brown Sugar,
Rice Vinegar, Sesame Oil, Chilli Flakes. Grate in the Garlic Clove and Ginger
Then stir to dissolve the sugar. Now stir in the Cornflour dissolved in water.
Set aside.
3 Set Up – In one bowl place the 50g Cornflour and in another beat the Egg. Now
put a saucepan on a medium heat and pour in about 1cm of oil let it heat up.
4 Chicken Time – Dice up the Chicken into bite-sized chunks (about 2cm or 1 inch)
Now roll the chicken in corn flour until coated then dip in egg, shake off
excess and put into hot oil. (The egg coating should puff up and sizzle turn
once golden should take about 2 minutes a side depending on the heat of your
oil. You can do this set in batches set the golden chicken into an ovenproof
dish.
5 Chicken & Sauce – Once all your chicken has been fried golden and is in the
dish, pour over the sauce and put in the hot oven for 30 minutes. Stirring after
15 minutes.
6 Time to Eat – Once 30 minutes are up the sauce should be thick, sticky and
glossy. Serve with boiled rice, fried rice or noodles.