Grammy's Kitchen · Orange Chicken · Orange Chicken
One of 61 orange chicken recipes we measured
35 cooks on www.favfamilyrecipes.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 | 33% | 0% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 3% | 1% |
| sweetener | 23% | 4% |
| fat | 0% | 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 thighs (or breasts) |
| 128 g | 1 cup cornstarch |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon pepper |
| 50 g | 1 egg |
| vegetable oil, (for frying) | |
| 24 g | 3 tablespoons cornstarch |
| 296 g | 1 1/4 cup water, divided |
| 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice | |
| 61 g | 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice |
| 80 g | 1/3 cup rice vinegar |
| 48 g | 3 tablespoons soy sauce |
| 213 g | 1 cup brown sugar |
| 1 tablespoon orange zest | |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger root |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon minced garlic |
| 20 g | 2 tablespoons chopped green onion, plus more for garnish |
| red pepper flakes, to taste |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.favfamilyrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Used an orange off my tree, didn't have fresh ginger so used ground and didn't have green onions so threw in some dehydrated. I fried the chicken in my big skillet all together, just kept turning until done, drained the oil and poured the sauce on and stirred.” — a cook, 5.0★
“I made this and I have to say I was VERY impressed. Never new I could make something like this in my own kitchen and it taste as if I ordered it in a 5* restaurant. Everyone thought I'd ordered out. Thank you. It will BE made often.” — a cook, 5.0★