Grammy's Kitchen · Orange Chicken · Easy Orange Chicken
One of 61 orange chicken recipes we measured
3 cooks on kristineskitchenblog.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% |
| aromatics | 1% | 1% |
| sweetener | 6% | 4% |
| fat | 2% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 2 teaspoons orange zest (from 1 large orange) | |
| 1/2 cup fresh orange juice (from 1 large orange) | |
| 64 g | 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce |
| 40 g | 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar |
| 45 g | 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon cornstarch |
| 6 g | 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger |
| 6 g | 2 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 0 g | 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes (or more if you like spicy) |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon olive oil (avocado oil or canola oil) |
| 680 g | 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs (cut into 1-inch pieces) |
| salt and pepper (to taste) | |
| cooked rice (for serving) | |
| chopped green onions and/or sesame seeds (optional, for serving) |
Method: 4 steps, published by kristineskitchenblog.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This is the most delicious and flavorful dish ever!!! It was super fast to cook…the most time consuming part was chopping and cutting the ingredients up. Even my 4 yo had seconds! Will make again and again! :)” — a cook, 5.0★
“This was waaay better than take-out my son wants this for his birthday. Thanks Kristine for all the yummy recipes!” — a cook, 5.0★