Description
If you're craving Chinese takeout, skip it and make this Crispy Orange Marmalade Chicken at home instead. It's so easy to make in just 30 minutes and tastes amazing. Crispy battered chicken bites are tossed into the most incredible sticky sauce with fresh orange juice and orange marmalade!
Ingredients
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Chicken Bites:
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 chicken breasts, trimmed (about 1 lb)
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- Toppings: 1 teaspoon sesame seeds & 1 tablespoon chives, minced
Orange Sauce:
- 1/2 cup orange marmalade
- juice from 1 orange (about 1/3 cup)
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sriracha
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch + 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
- If you're making white rice to pair with it, start that first. Next, cut the chicken breast up into bite sized pieces of similar size. This will make them cook evenly in the pan. Prepare 2 bowls. In bowl 1: Whisk together the eggs. In bowl 2: Whisk together the cornstarch and flour.
- Take each piece of chicken and dunk it into the egg mix, then the cornstarch & flour mix. Place on a plate or cooking rack. Set aside.
- In a saucepan, add in the soy sauce, fresh orange juice, 1/2 cup orange marmalade, sriracha, rice vinegar, brown sugar and garlic.
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add in the oil. Wait to add the chicken until the oil is hot. To test: Toss in a crumb of the flour batter and it should sizzle immediately. Then, working in 2 batches, add half the chicken and cook for a few minutes on each side until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees. Place on a paper towel lined plate and start next batch. When the chicken is cooking, place the saucepan with sauce on the stovetop and heat over medium heat until boiling. Mix together 1 teaspoon cornstarch with 1 tablespoon water. Pour into the sauce mix. Allow the sauce to rapidly boil for a few minutes, then reduce the heat to low. Continue to cook until a thick sauce.
- Pour the sauce into a large bowl and toss the chicken into it. Toss and stir gently to coat the chicken completely in sauce.
- Serve the chicken over rice. Top with sesame seeds and chives. Enjoy!
Notes
- Highly recommend the cornstarch addition to the flour mix. That's what makes it crispy!
- It's super important to have the oil hot before adding in the chicken. Add a crumb of the cornstarch and flour mix into the oil and look for an immediate sizzle around the whole crumb.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: Chinese