Grammy's Kitchen · Orange Chicken · Chinese Orange Chicken
One of 61 orange chicken recipes we measured
It ranks #3 of 61 for browning depth among the orange chicken recipes we compared. 45 cooks on www.recipetineats.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 61.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 0% | 0% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 26% | 1% |
| sweetener | 11% | 4% |
| fat | 32% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 600 g | 600g/1.2 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs or breast (, cut into 2.5cm / 1" pieces) |
| 32 g | 2 tbsp light soy sauce (, or all-purpose soy (not dark soy - Note 1)) |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp finely grated ginger (, optional) |
| 0 g | 1/8 tsp white pepper ((substitute black pepper)) |
| 16 g | 2 tbsp cornflour / cornstarch (- for mixing) |
| 96 g | 3/4 cup cornflour / cornstarch (- for crispy coating) |
| 191 g | 3/4 - 1 cup vegetable oil (, or other plain oil (1/2 cm / 0.2" depth)) |
| 2 tsp orange zest (, from 1 orange) | |
| 1 cup orange juice (, either squeeze oranges or use fresh bottled OJ (or use the orange then top up with bottle)) | |
| 12 g | 1 1/2 tbsp cornflour / cornstarch |
| 2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine (/Shaoxing wine (Note 2)) | |
| 30 g | 2 tbsp rice vinegar ((substitute white vinegar)) |
| 67 g | 1/3 cup + 2 tbsp white sugar |
| 32 g | 2 tbsp light soy sauce ( or all-purpose soy sauce (not dark soy - Note 1)) |
| 2 g | 1/4 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt ((halve for table salt, double for flakes)) |
| 2 g | 1 tsp ginger (, finely grated) |
| 6 g | 2 garlic cloves (, finely minced with a knife) |
| White rice (, or other plain rice of choice) | |
| 150 g | 1 green onion (, finely sliced - optional garnish) |
| White sesame seeds - optional garnish |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.recipetineats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Wow! Already cooked it 3 times in a fortnight, twice for guests 'can I have the recipe?'. Errr we're friends and you don't follow Nagi?? Seriously, it shouldn't be so easy to make for how yummy it is, especially now I have your rice recipe written in my brai” — a cook, 5.0★
“Story time! When I worked at my local mall, there was a little place in the food court called Bowl Noodles & Rice. That was, to date, the single BEST orange chicken I have ever had. Until now. Nagi, you have managed to dang near duplicate Bowl's orange” — a cook, 5.0★