Air Fryer Orange Chicken

Submitted by duonyte

"This is from the website Lite Cravings. It's gluten-free if you use a GF oyster sauce. I have not made it yet, but it sounds very good and easy to make. I love using my air fryer to avoid heavy frying. I would probably use chicken thighs rather than breast, as I think they are juicier and hold up better in dishes such as this."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts (I would use thighs)
• 1 large egg, whisked
• 2⁄3 cup potato starch or 2/3 cup cornstarch

• Sauce

• 1⁄3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice (from about 2 medium oranges)
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon minced ginger
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce or 3 tablespoons tamari
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

directions

1. Preheat air fryer to 375F.
2. Cut chicken into 1-inch cubes. Mix together with whisked egg until all chicken is coated.
3. In a large plastic bag, add the cornstarch. Using tongs, take chicken pieces out of the egg mixture, allowing excess egg to drip off and add to the bag.
4. Close the bag and shake chicken pieces around until fully coated by the cornstarch. Remove pieces from the bag and place on the cutting board that you used to cut up your chicken.
5. Liberally coat the side of the chicken facing up with cooking spray. Spray the basket with oil. Add the chicken, sprayed side down, to the basket of your air fryer. Now spray the side facing up, so all sides of chicken are coated.
6. Air fry at 375F for 10-15 minutes, or until chicken is slightly browned and cooked through.
7. As the chicken cooks, make the sauce in a medium-sized skillet. Whisk sauce ingredients together and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sauce thickens–about 5 minutes. (Note - amount of orange juice seems low - 2 oranges should yield closer to 2/3 cup juice - i would have that much available).
8. Toss cooked chicken with sauce and serve immediately.
9. Oven directions: Follow all other recipe instruction, but place chicken on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 425F for 15-20 minutes, flipping the chicken halfway through.

Reviews

[ForeverMama]

This made of a great meal! The sauce is ever so delicious and it added so much flavor to the chicken. As suggested, I used chicken thigh pieces which I’m glad I did because it gave the opportunity to “air-fry” the outer floury potato starch given that thigh meat needs to cook longer than breast. They came out nice and crispy with that great orangey flavored sauce going perfect with a side of white rice. Thanks, duonyte, for sharing. Made it for FYC.