I love Orange Chicken from Panda Express. It is like the crack cocaine of Chinese Food. I have looked for recipe’s as good as Panda Express and I am always disappointed. Finally I have developed my own recipe that is absolutely amazing. So, here it is for all of you to try.
Orange Chicken
(Panda Express copycat recipe)
Chicken part:
Ingredients:
1 ½ pounds chicken thighs (de-boned)
1 egg
½ tsp black pepper
1 tsp soy sauce
1/4 cup corn starch
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1 tablespoons water
Sauce part:
Ingredients:
¼ cup orange juice
½ cup brown sugar
2 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp chili garlic sauce
1 tbsp orange zest
½ tbsp corn starch
1 tbsp cold water
Directions:
1.Cut up your chicken thighs into roughly 1 inch “bite size” pieces.
2.Mix the flour with the cut up chicken and mix so that all pieces are covered with flour. Set this aside until later.
3.In a separate bowl mix together the egg, salt, black pepper, corn starch and water together.
4.When well mixed you can add the chicken pieces into the mixture and cover the chicken pieces thoroughly with the coating.
5. Heat a pan with 2 inches of oil on the stove.
6. While the oil heats mix together all the ingredients for your sauce and then pour into a sauce pan and sauté on low while we fry the chicken pieces.
7. Carefully drop the chicken pieces into the oil and fry until golden brown.
8.When all pieces of chicken are cooked add your chicken to your cooked sauce and mix the chicken into the sauce coating all pieces.
9.Serve over rice.
You can garnish with chopped green onions and/or sesame seeds.
ENJOY!