Orange Chicken 鲜橙鸡柳 (Air Fryer)

🧂 Ingredients

• 600 g chicken breasts or thighs

  boneless & skinless
• 1.5 tbsp baking soda
• 0.5 cup corn starch

  or corn flour in Asia
• 1 tsp salt
• 0.5 cup vegetable oil

  for air frying
• 2 oranges

  to make 1 cup juice
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 knob ginger

  to make 0.25 tsp grated ginger
• 2 cloves garlic
• 0.25 tsp red chilli flakes
• Orange zest

  from the orange
• 1 tbsp corn starch

  or corn flour in Asia
• 2 tbsp water

  to mix with corn starch
• 1 spring onion
• Orange zest

  from the orange

Instructions

• 1 Cut the green part of 1 spring onion thinly (about 3mm) for garnish.
• 2 Grate 1 knob ginger to make 1 tsp grated ginger.
  
  Mince 2 cloves garlic.
• 3 Squeeze 2 oranges to make1 cup of orange juice. Then sieve to remove the pulp.
  
  Grate the oranges to get the Orange zest.
• 4 In a small bowl, whisk 1 tbsp corn starch with 2 tbsp water to make a slurry.
• 5 In a medium non-stick pan, warm 1 tbsp vegetable oil over low heat. Add garlic
  and ginger and sauté until aromatic.
• 6 Add orange juice, 2 tbsp honey, 2 tbsp rice vinegar, 2 tbsp soy sauce, and 0.25
  tsp red chilli flakes. Bring to boil.
  
  Add slurry to orange sauce and stir well. Continue to simmer for 2 minutes,
  until the sauce thickens.
• 7 Once the sauce is thickened enough to cost a spoon, add orange zest, then remove
  from heat. Keep the sauce warm while we prepare to air fry the chicken.
• 8 Cut 600 g chicken breasts or thighs into inches.
  
  This is an optional step. Add 1.5 tbsp baking soda to chicken to tenderise it
  for 30 minutes.
  
  Then rinse off the baking soda under running water. Pat dry with paper towel.
• 9 Coat the meat with 1 tsp salt.
  
  Then coat the meat evenly with 0.5 cup corn starch.
• 10 Brush a thin layer of 0.5 cup vegetable oil all over the chicken pieces.
• 11 Pre-heat the air fryer for 3 min at 180C / 356F.
  
  Place the chicken pieces into the air fryer, try not to overlap the meat.
• 12 Air fry for 15 minutes at 180C /356F.
  
  Toss the chicken every 4-5 minutes during air frying to ensure the chicken cooks
  evenly.
• 13 Air fry the chicken until golden brown and crispy.
  
  Note: if frying in a pan, heat vegetable oil in a heavy-based deep pan over
  medium-high heat. Ensure the oil covers the chicken pieces fully. Then fry the
  chicken until golden brown and crispy.
• 14 Toss the crispy chicken into the orange sauce and coat evenly.
• 15 Garnish with the spring onion and Orange zest.
  
  Best served warm with rice.

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