Orange Chicken

MaddieLuckyMama's Note:

This orange chicken is fantastic! In my opinion, it's better than restaurant quality. A friend shared this with me and I love it so much. You can reduce the amount of sugar and it will still taste great. Enjoy!

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons ketchup
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 teaspoon orange extract (found near the vanilla)
• 1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder

Directions:

1. Cut chicken into pieces.
2. In one dish, put 2 eggs with a dash of salt. In another put flour with one teaspoon garlic powder.
3. Coat the chicken in the egg, then the flour.
4. Brown the chicken in olive oil in a skillet.
5. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
6. Mix the remaining ingredients together to form the sauce.
7. Put chicken in a casserole dish. Put half the sauce over and cook for 15 minutes.
8. Flip and put remaining sauce and cook for another 15 minutes.
9. Serve over white rice.

Reviews

[Chef #1150367]

love it

[Goodeatin]

Very tasty, loved the simple ingredients. I was too lazy to brown then bake the chicken, so I just cooked the chicken in a pan then added the sauce to thicken. (The chicken is not crispy this way, though.) The sauce was very thin this way, so I used 2 TB cornstarch. I may lower the sugar next time, as it was a bit too sweet for me (but my sweet-tooth family loved it). I added some cooked broccoli and sprinkled a little crushed red pepper on top. It made a lot of sauce, which my family likes, and you could certainly add more veggies because of this.

[mama smurf]

This was DELICIOUS! So easy and soooo tasty. I followed the instructions as written only like Sydney Mike I sliced some orange and put it on top of the dish before serving. Definately going into my Favorites of 2011. Thank you for posting. Made for Fall Pick-A-Chef 2011.