Grammy's Kitchen · Orange Chicken · Easy Orange Chicken
One of 61 orange chicken recipes we measured
38 cooks on www.smalltownwoman.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 | |
|---|---|---|
| egg | 6% | 0% |
| liquid | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 11% | 1% |
| sweetener | 3% | 4% |
| fat | 0% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 150 g | 3 egg whites whisked |
| 24 g | 3 tablespoons cornstarch |
| 2722 g | 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut in bite size pieces (1.5 lbs.) |
| Vegetable oil or canola oil for frying | |
| 128 g | 1 cup orange juice plus 2 tablespoons to mix with cornstarch |
| 71 g | 1/3 cup brown sugar |
| 30 g | 2 tablespoons rice vinegar (see notes) |
| 16 g | 1 tablespoon soy sauce |
| 6 g | 1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger (1/4 teaspoon ground) |
| 1 tablespoon chili paste (sambal oelek more or less to taste) | |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon cornstarch |
| 300 g | 2 green onions thinly sliced |
| 2 tablespoons orange zest | |
| 3 g | 1-2 pinches red pepper flakes |
| Salt and freshly ground black pepper | |
| Orange slices for garnish |
Method: 3 steps, published by www.smalltownwoman.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I loved the tip about cutting the chicken into thin strips and frying in batches to get that crunch, and the suggestion to garnish with orange zest, green onions and red pepper flakes was the icing on the cake.” — a cook, 5.0★
“Orange chicken is one of our favorite dishes and this recipe is outstanding. I really enjoy making it and it is so much better than the stuff my husband purchases from Costco. Thank you, Beth!” — a cook, 5.0★