Orange Chicken

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Orange Chicken

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Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 lb boneless chicken tenders
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • ½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice from 2 large oranges
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup cornstarch
  • ¼ cup flour
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 1 chili pepper chopped
  • ¼ cup light soy sauce
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 3 tbsp vinegar
  • 1.5 tsp orange zest
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp ginger powder

Instructions
 

  • Cut chicken into bite size pieces.
  • Marinate with salt, black pepper and 2 tbsp orange juice for 30 minutes.
  • In a mixing bowl, beat 3 eggs. Add flour and ¼ cup cornstarch slowly, mixing it until smooth.
  • In frying pan with oil, stir fry garlic, chili pepper, orange zest, ginger powder. Add light soy sauce, orange juice, 3 tbsp vinegar. Add honey and brown sugar stirring continuously and set aside after sugar melts completely.
  • Pour egg/starch mixture onto the marinate chicken and mix thoroughly.
  • Heat up about 2 cups of oil in pot for deep frying. Add chicken in batches making sure they do not stick together and deep fry for about 3-4 minutes. Take chicken out and repeat until all chicken is fried.
  • Add more oil as necessary and heat it to 390 degrees F. Put all the chicken in for a second fry for about 5 minutes or until golden. Take chicken out.
  • Heat up the sauce in a wok until boiling. Add 1 tbsp corn starch dissolved in water. Cook until sauce has thickened to syrup consistency.
  • Add double fried chicken into the sauce and mix thoroughly. Remove from heat.
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