Poll of the Day > I just made orange chicken for the first time.

(+) Yeah! (+)

My god what a freaking process that is. In total it was probably a 2 hours of nonstop work (not counting letting the chicken marinade overnight).

It's actually really good though. I think I put a put too much cornstarch in the sauce though, so need to remember that if I ever feel ambitious enough to try this again. Will also need to make a larger batch. That was far too much work for only 2 meals worth of food.
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What was in the sauce?

Share recipe plox
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shadowsword87 posted...

What was in the sauce?

Orange juice
Orange zest
Lemon Juice
Soy sauce
Rice Vinegar
Brown Sugar
Ginger
Garlic
Red Pepper flakes

I followed this recipe (minus green onions because they were out of onions at the grocery store when I went)

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/61024/asian-orange-chicken/

Like I said though, use less cornstarch. The sauce is thick. I also have my doubts that orange zest is actually needed... but if you have an orange available it doesn't really hurt I guess.
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Also, I guess not in the recipe, I put it on a bed of rice with roasted carrots and green peppers.

Here's a horrible quality picture of it.


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Having spent the last 10 minutes eating this, I have determined this is actually at least 3 meals worth of food. Potentially 4.

This is a lot of chicken to go with the rice and veggies.
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I didn't expect it to look so brown >_>
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Man, making zest always seems so annoying to make. You need a specific tool and everything for it.

RCtheWSBC posted...

I didn't expect it to look so brown >_>

Soy sauce and brown sugar kinda make up most of the colour. It's also not breaded like many other versions of orange chicken out there. Just a light coating of flour.

shadowsword87 posted...

Man, making zest always seems so annoying to make. You need a specific tool and everything for it.

And outside of very few things, I feel like it's never actually needed.
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