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How To Make Best Sweet And Sour Orange Chicken Easily

Skip the takeout lines! Learn how to make the best sweet and sour orange chicken recipe at home with a crispy double-fried crust and sticky citrus glaze.
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine Chinese, continental, Indian, Thai
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 3
Author indrani

Ingredients

Ingredients

Fried chicken

  • 250 gms boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 cup refined flour
  • 1 egg
  • salt
  • 1 cup oil

Orange sauce

  • 2 to 3 oranges sliced.
  • Remove seeds of the oranges if any
  • 4 to 5 garlic cloves finely chopped
  • 1 tsp ginger julienned
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tsp light soy sauce
  • 2 chopped green chilies
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp chopped spring onions
  • 1 tbsp corn flour
  • 1 tbsp black pepper or white pepper
  • 1 tsp orange zest

Instructions

Instructions

Batter fried chicken

  1. Make a batter of refined flour, egg , water ,salt and pepper
  2. Add the bite sized boneless chicken pieces into the batter
  3. Heat oil and deep fry the chicken pieces till light brown.

Sauce

  1. heat oil
  2. fry chopped garlic
  3. Add orange rings and saute
  4. Then add green chilies and ginger julliennes
  5. Next add oyster sauce and light soy sauce.
  6. Mix sugar and mix on high flame till it melts and bubbly
  7. Add the fried chicken pieces
  8. Mix corn flour in 1/2 cup water and heat till the sauce thickens
  9. drizzle lemon juice and sprinkle salt if needed
  10. Mix lemon zest and serve with fried rice or noodles