Spicy and Crispy Orange Chicken

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 boneless, skinless chicken thighs

  cut into bite-sized cubes
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
• oil

  for frying
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 1/2 tsp orange zest

  grated
• 3 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
• 3 tbsp rice vinegar
• 2 1/2 tbsp brown sugar

  or depending on sweetness of orange juice
• 1/2 tbsp sambal oelek

  or chilli sauce of your choice
• 7 tbsp water
• 2 cloves garlic

  minced
• 1 tbsp cornstarch

  for cornstarch slurry
• 2 tbsp water

  for cornstarch slurry
• green onions

  chopped, for topping

Instructions

• 1 In a mixing bowl, combine the cubed chicken thighs, eggs, 2 tablespoons of
  cornstarch, and soy sauce. Mix well and set aside.
• 2 Whisk together the all-purpose flour and the rest of the cornstarch and add them
  into the bowl marinated chicken. Combine well. Chicken pieces should be covered
  with sticky batter. 
• 3 Fill a deep frying pan up to about 1 inch deep with canola oil and heat to 375
  degrees Fahrenheit. Fry for about 2-3 minutes and remove from oil. Place chicken
  on drying rack for about 5 minutes. Fry the chicken another time on high heat
  for another 2 minutes or until golden brown and fully cooked. Remove from oil
  and let cool on a drying rack.
• 4 To make the sauce mixture, in a mixing bowl, combine the orange juice, orange
  zest, low-sodium soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar, sambal oelek chilli
  sauce, 7 tbsp of water, and garlic until well mixed and the brown sugar is well
  dissolved.
• 5 To make the cornstarch slurry, combine 1 tbsp of cornstarch with 2 tbsp of water
  in a small bowl and mix well until there are no more lumps in the mixture. Set
  aside.
• 6 Pour sauce mixture into a pan and heat over medium high heat. Once the sauce
  boils, add the cornstarch slurry while stirring the sauce continuously, making
  sure to break any lumps that may form. Let sauce come back to a boil and
  thicken, and remove from heat. If the sauce becomes too thick, add one
  tablespoon of water at a time to thin the sauce until you reach the desired
  consistency.
• 7 Place fried chicken pieces in a large mixing bowl, and pour the orange sauce
  over the chicken. Toss until every piece of fried chicken is coated with the
  sauce and top with chopped green onions.

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