Grammy's Kitchen · Orange Chicken · Fabulous Orange Chicken
One of 61 orange chicken recipes we measured
It ranks #60 of 61 for tenderness among the orange chicken recipes we compared. 38 cooks on www.melskitchencafe.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 61.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 43% | 0% |
| aromatics | 3% | 1% |
| sweetener | 22% | 4% |
| fat | 3% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 907 g | 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut into 2-inch cubes) |
| 60 g | 1/2 cup flour |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon garlic powder |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon pepper |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons oil or butter |
| 355 g | 1 1/2 cups water |
| 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice | |
| 80 g | 1/3 cup rice vinegar |
| 40 g | 2 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce |
| 1 tablespoon orange zest | |
| 213 g | 1 cup brown sugar |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon finely minced ginger |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon minced garlic |
| 20 g | 2 tablespoons green onion |
| 24 g | 3 tablespoons cornstarch |
| 59 g | 1/4 cup water |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.melskitchencafe.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I'm a first time poster to you website Mel though I have visted many times. Always longing to try some of the fabulous recipes on here. My oldest son, who is 12 has been begging me to make Orange Chicken for awhile. I've always dimissed it b/c I'm on a diet o” — a cook, 5.0★
“This recipe was good. It is lower in fat for sure than the orange chicken you would order at a chinese restaurant. I made this twice, I followed the recipe the fist time. The second time I changed the way I cooked the chicken. After I flowered the chicken, I” — a cook, 3.0★