Homemade Orange Chicken
With a few short cuts, we're making orange chicken that is full of flavor and allows you get get your veggies and enjoy a one bowl meal.
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup orange juice (we used one with lots of pulp)
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 cup rice vinegar
- 2 1/2 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 3 Tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 bag cooked popcorn chicken
cook 2 cups of rice
Instructions
- Start cooking your chicken and your rice per package directions.
- Add all the liquid ingredients together in a large pot (this does boil).
- Begin to cook on medium heat.
- In a bowl add the brown sugar and corn starch together and stir.
- Add the ginger and garlic into the brown sugar mix and stir well so there are no lumps,
- Add the garlic into the liquid mix.
- Next, pour the brown sugar mix into the pot and stir well to incorporate.
- Continue to stir to keep it from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- Bring to a boil and remove from heat to cool. The sauce should thicken to almost a gravy consistency.
- Allow the chicken to simmer in the sauce for 5-6 minutes, stirring to keep it from burning on the bottom.
- Remove and serve over the rice.
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Notes
If desired, you can sprinkle sesame seeds over chicken.