This recipe is a favorite meal in my house. My entire family loves it. I first discovered orange chicken at Panda Express many years ago. I loved it, but there was no Panda Express near me. So I decided to create my own recipe and share with you How to Make Orange Chicken with Homemade Sauce
I have the perfect recipe for the Crispy Chicken. Orange Chicken is basically crispy chicken nuggets with orange sauce added to it. I wanted an easy orange sauce recipe to put on my chicken nuggets.
Making the orange sauce for this Super Easy recipe is so simple! It only requires THREE ingredients! It is so delicious and full of flavor! I honestly think the recipe is better than the restaurant. The sweet orange marmalade gives it some extra orange zing that I love!
This recipe also makes great leftovers! I have taken it to work several times for lunch and everyone is so jealous! It looks and smells great when reheated.
You could put this Super Easy recipe over rice or noodles. You could also serve a side of vegetables like broccoli.
Below is the Recipe. Double the recipe if you have lots of chicken. I usually only cook 1 large chicken breast, so if you have more than that, you will need to increase the portions on the sauce.
Orange Chicken Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 large chicken breast
- 1 cup of flour
- 1 garlic powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup of milk
- 1 egg
- Oil for frying
- For the Orange sauce
- 1/2 Cup BBQ Sauce
- 1/2 Cup Seet Orange Marmalade
- 1 T soy sauce
- Red pepper flakes optional, for heat
Instructions
- In a pie pan or other shallow dish mix the milk and egg. In the next bowl mix flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
- Cut chicken breast into bite-size pieces.
- Dip nuggets into the flour mixture, then dip into the egg mixture.
- P.our some of the egg mixture into the flour mixture and stir well. This will give you some nice lumps, which will make the nuggets extra crispy.
- Now dip nuggets into the flour/breadcrumb mixture.
- Fry nuggets in oil. Deep fry or fry in a skillet about 5 minutes per side.
- Always make sure chicken is fully done with no pink in the center.
- Remove chicken from skillet and place on a wire rack. This will make them extra crispy by letting the oil drip off.
- For the Orange Sauce:
- Mix all ingredients together and pour over Fried Chicken Nuggets. I remove the oil from my skillet and place the chicken nuggets back in the skillet, then pour the sauce over the nuggets. Stir to cover all chicken nuggets then serve.
Conclusion
I hope you try out How to Make Orange Chicken with Homemade Sauce recipe. My family loves it and I think yours will too! You can check out a few more of my family’s favorite recipes. Just click the titles below for each recipe: