Grammy's Kitchen · Orange Chicken · Panda Express Orange Chicken (Copycat Recipe
One of 61 orange chicken recipes we measured
22 cooks on insanelygoodrecipes.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 61.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| egg | 5% | 0% |
| liquid | 13% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| aromatics | 9% | 1% |
| sweetener | 11% | 4% |
| fat | 1% | 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, diced into bite-sized pieces |
| 50 g | 1 egg |
| 9 g | 1 -1/2 teaspoons salt |
| white pepper | |
| oil (to fry the chicken) | |
| 64 g | 1/2 cup cornstarch |
| 30 g | 1/4 cup flour |
| 48 g | 3 tablespoons soy sauce |
| 3/4 cup orange juice | |
| 106 g | 1/2 cup brown sugar |
| zest of 1 orange | |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon oil |
| 12 g | 2 tablespoons ginger root, minced |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons minced garlic |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes |
| 75 g | 1/2 green onion, chopped |
| 23 g | 2 tablespoons rice wine |
| 118 g | 1/2 cup water |
| 16 g | 2 tablespoons cornstarch |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon sesame oil |
Method: 17 steps, published by insanelygoodrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Why do you say "ginger root"? The only part of the ginger plant that is edible is its root. Do you call a carrot, "carrot root?” — a cook, 5★
“Always loved Panda Express sadly there are restaurants in my area” — a cook, 5★