Mama's orange chicken
By
Vickiala Edmonds
@VickialaE
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When my husband would order orange chicken he would complain about the lack of flavor. Browsing the internet I notice that some orange sauces use little or no orange juice at all. I figured I'll make it using my barbeque sauce recipe, replacing the tomatoes past with 100% orange juice and orange zest.....,lets just say my husband doesn't order orange chicken anymore.
Blue Ribbon Recipe
We LOVED this chicken. In fact, we couldn't stop eating it... Now that's an endorsement!
Ingredients
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ORANGE CHICKEN
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4 lbparty chicken wings (or boneless)
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1/4 cground sea salt (or table salt)
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1/4 cground pepper corn (or black pepper)
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3 call purpose flour
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4 cpeanut oil (or vegetable)
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ORANGE CHICKEN SAUCE
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1 cwater, cold
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1/3 cwhite vinegar
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2 c100% orange juice
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2 1/2 Tbspsoy sauce, dark
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1 Tbsporange zest
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1 cbrown sugar, firmly packed
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1/2 tspginger root (minced)
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1/2 tspgarlic (minced)
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1/4 tspcrushed dried red peppers (optional)
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3 Tbspcornstarch
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1/4 ccold water
How to Make Mama's orange chicken
- Rinse chicken in large cullender, sit cullender in sink to remove excess water. Pour peanut oil into frying pan (deep fryer) using medium heat setting. In large freezer bag combine sea salt, corn pepper and all purpose flour seal bag and toss for 10 sec. Add desired piece of chicken into flour mixture toss bag until chicken is coated. Carefully place chicken into hot oil frying 10-15 minute on both side or until golden brown. Remove chicken place on paper towel to remove excess oil.
- In large sauce pan combine 1 cup of water, orange juice rice vinegar and soy sauce over medium heat, stir for 5 minutes. Stir in brown sugar, garlic, orange zest, ginger and red peppers. bring to a boil. In small bowl combine 1/4 cup of cold water into cornstarch stir until dissolved. slowly stir cornstarch mixture into orange sauce until thickens. Pour over chicken toss until well coated.
(This is also great over Shrimp, pork or beef)
