Orange Chicken by: Bill 119 Comments Jump to Recipe Posted:4/23/2023Updated:4/23/2023 The allure of Orange Chicken is all in its name—crunchy pieces of shallow-fried chicken tossed in an aromatic orange sauce with a little sweetness and tang.This restaurant-quality recipe has been refined and updated over the years!  We originally posted this recipe on June 15, 2015.We’ve made slight adjustments to the recipe that we think make it even better, included more detailed instructions to guide you, and added new photos and metric measurements.

To compare our tweaks with the original recipe, see the 2015 version at the end of this post.More Than Just Orange Chicken Over the years, I’ve learned how to make the best orange chicken from a combination of working in Chinese restaurant kitchens, cooking at home, and also eating out!  Orange chicken is similar to takeout sweet and sour chicken, which relies on vinegar and pineapple juice, but uses orange juice instead.  I love this version because it’s not only got plenty of orange juice and rice wine vinegar, but also aromatics like dried hot chili peppers, star anise, and dried tangerine peels, which add extra dimension and really enhance the flavor of the sauce.You can use dark or white meat for this dish, but we opted to use chicken breast.

Feel free to use boneless skinless chicken thighs if you prefer.As for preparing the chicken, we usually call for a velveting step.Since we�

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