Tag: #orangechicken

1 cup of fresh orange juice

3 tbsp. of brown sugar (preferably but you can use white)

3 tbsp.  of chopped garlic

1/2 tsp of crushed chili flakes

1/2 tsp of salt

2 tbsp of cornflour

2 tbsp of any oil

3 tbsp of sesame seeds

1 tbsp of orange zest

1/2 kg of chicken thighs (diced)

1/2 cup of Milk and a few tablespoons of vinegar mixed together or buttermilk

5 tbsp of flour

Rice/pasta for serving*

Method

1. Dice the chicken thighs into 1 inch cubes
2. Mix the milk and vinegar to make buttermilk and soak the chicken in it.
3. Drizzle the oil in a large pan and add the garlic and chili flakes when the oil is hot
4. Cook the garlic and chili for 2 minutes
5. Add a few tablespoons of water (carefully) and cook it down.
6. Then, reserving a few tablespoons of the juice, add the rest in the pan.
7. Stir for 2 minutes
8. Add he cornflour to the reserved orange juice and add it to the pan.
9. Keep whisking as it will thicken very quickly
10. Add the brown sugar and range zest.
11. Once the gravy has thickened, you can taste it and adjust the spices slightly if you wish since the flavor of the orange juice may vary.
12. Once your gravy is done, take it off heat and instead get a an for deep frying the chicken ready.
13. Get the chicken and roll it in a few tablespoons of plain flour and carefully cook then for 5 minutes or until golden brown.
14. Right before serving, mix the chicken in the gravy (so that it stays crisp)

*You can serve this with pasta or rice or once we even added it to French fries but I wouldn’t recommend that.

Also you can adjust this recipe in lots of ways for instance you could cook the chicken in the way you prefer or you could even use frozen chicken popcorn. You could switch the orange juice for apple or mango though I don’t know how that would turn out.