Sesame Orange Chicken

Sesame Orange Chicken - Homemade

 3 of us in our family LOVE Chinese Food (my oldest hates anything breaded so he won't even touch this, my little health nut.)  

Our favorite is Orange Chicken.  I make a homemade version and it is sweetly delicious and easy to prepare.  Sure to be a crowd pleaser at your family's dinner table. 

The meal serves 4 and takes about 45 minutes from start to finish.

Ingredients:

Breading on Chicken:

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut into cubes)

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 egg (beaten)

1/2 cup of water (or as much as needed to make batter smooth)

3 tbsp corn starch

salt (just a pinch to taste)

2 Tbsp on Vegetable or Canola Oil

Sauce:

1/4 cup ketchup

1/4 cup honey

2 tsp sugar

2 tbsp white vinegar

1/2 cup water

Juice of one orange

2 tbsp corn starch

1 tsp sesame oil

sprinkle of garlic powder

sesame seeds

Ingredients Below:

Cut the chicken into cubes using Kitchen Shears (this makes it really easy) set aside in a bowl.

In a separate Bowl, beat 1 egg

Add in Flour, Baking Powder, Corn Starch, Salt, and Water to the beaten egg.  Mix well with a whisk.

Take the Chicken and mix it with the batter.  Really stir it around to coat all sides of the chicken.

Add the Vegetable Oil or Canola Oil to the wok or non stick pan and let it heat up!

For the Next step, use salad tongs to remove the chicken from the batter and put it in the wok with oil.

Make sure you have another pair of tongs to remove the cooked chicken from the hot oil (to not cross contaminate) and another clean bowl to put the cooked chicken pieces in.

Once you place the chicken in the pan, make sure you reduce it to a medium heat so you don't burn the outside of the breading (if this happens just continue to turn the chicken so it is cooked though and doesn't burn further.)  

If you have the temp just right you should be able to place a piece of chicken in the oil, cook for about 3 minutes on each side.  

Now cooking the other side of the chicken, make sure you cook each piece fully.  When you think it may be done, just cut one piece open to see if it has been cooked through.  If its all cooked just remove it and the other pieces from the oil and put in the bowl you reserved for the cooked chicken.

You will repeat this chicken cooking step a few times to get all pieces of chicken cooked.

The Bowl of the Cooked Chicken Pieces

Next in a different mixing bowl whisk together all ingredients for the sauce.

Clean the wok that you cooked the chicken in and return it to the stove.  Pour the sauce mixture into the wok and let cook.  Once it starts to bubble (as seen in the photo below) stir and keep stirring for about 1 minute.  It will become gel like (if you feel it is too sticky, add a little bit of water to loosen it up.)

Once your sauce is done, add the chicken to the pan and stir to coat the chicken.  Remove meal from pan and put in a serving dish.  Cut up green onion and add to the top for some flavor and color.

Goes great with a side of rice!!

A thumbs up from Evan!!