Asian Orange Chicken

Asian Orange Chicken
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Sauce:
1 1/2 cups water
2 TBSP orange juice*
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup rice vinegar or red wine vinegar
2 1/2 TBSP soy sauce
1 TBSP grated orange zest
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
2 garlic cloves minced
2 TBSP chopped green onion
1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup orange juice*

Chicken:
3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
3 TBSP olive oil

Pour 1 1/2 cups water, orange juice, lemon juice, vinegar, and soy sauce into a saucepan and set over medium-high heat. Stir in the orange zest, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, chopped onion, and red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat, and cool 10 to 15 minutes.

Place the chicken pieces into a resealable plastic bag. When contents of saucepan have cooled, pour 1 cup of sauce into bag. Reserve the remaining sauce. Seal the bag, and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

In another resealable plastic bag, mix the flour, salt, and pepper. Add the marinated chicken pieces, seal the bag, and shake to coat.

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Place chicken into the skillet, and brown on both sides. Drain on a plate lined with paper towels, and cover with aluminum foil.

Add the sauce to the skillet and mix together the flour and 1/4 cup of orange juice; stir into the sauce. Over medium heat, stirring occasionally until sauce starts to boil and thickens. Very lightly drizzle sauce over chicken and serve with rice and vegetables.

*I juice the orange that I zested to get the orange juice for the recipe.

Step that can be completed ahead of time: Sauce can be made the day before or the morning of. Flour mixture can be mixed in a bag the day before or morning of as well. Chicken can be diced the morning and be marinating during the afternoon.


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We really enjoy this dish, especially the chicken. The sauce is pretty strong so we prefer to add just a small drizzle over the chicken, vegetables and rice. Thanks to allrecipes.com for the inspiration for this dish.