It has been so long that I haven't posted a Chinese recipe here.Today I am back with a Chinese Chicken recipe named Orange Chicken.Orange as well know is a citrus fruit that contains Vitamin C.We all have had orange flavor in many foods like smoothies,salads,cakes,cookies,dessert etc..Today's dish is prepared by adding orange juice and zest .So the chicken recipe will also have the orange taste.Friends give a try to this recipe and see for yourself the taste of Orange chicke.Now let us get started with the preparation.
INGREDIENTS
- Chicken boneless .. 450 gm cut into cubes
- Orange juice .. 1 cup
- Orange zest .. 1/ 2 tsp
- Pepper powder .. 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Vinegar .. 1 tbsp
- Soya sauce .. 1 tbsp
- Rice wine .. 1 tbsp
- Sugar .. 1 tsp
- Onion diced .. 1 tbsp
- Ginger julienne .. 1 tbsp
- Garlic julienne .. 1 tbsp
- Green chillies .. 3 chopped
- Red chilly flakes .. 1 tsp
- Cornflour .. 2 tbsp
- Oil .. as required
- Yellow colour .. few drops
- Coriander leaves to garnish.
METHOD
To Marinate:
Marinate the Chicken boneless with salt , pepper powder and 1/4 cup of orange juice for 1 hr.
- Heat a kadai and add some oil in it.
- Fry this marinated chicken in this oil.
- Take the Orange juice in a bowl.
- Take soya sauce.
- Keep ready vinegar.
- Keep ready rice wine.
- Mix the Orange zest with the soya sauce, vinegar, rice wine, and orange juice .Now keep it aside.
- Mix corn flour with little water and keep it aside.
- When the Chicken is cooked add 2 tsp of cornflour to it and saute well till it coats the chicken.Turn off the flame and keep it aside.
- In a clean pan add some oil and add the ginger juliennes.
- Saute the garlic juliennes.
- Now add the green chillies and onions to it.
- When it becomes translucent add the red chilly flakes to it.
- Saute it well for 1 min.
- Now add the mixed orange juice to it.Add salt .
- Add the fried chicken to it.
- Add sugar and combine well.
- Add the cornflour syrup and mix well. When the chicken gravy thickens, turn off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve it with rice, naan chapathi etc.
