60 mins
6
All Year
Mix up your meals with our Chinese-inspired mandarin orange chicken. The zesty kick will have you drooling for more. 🍗
Ingredients
- 3kg chicken breast
- 3 mandarins
- MARINADE
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- ¼ cup corn-starch
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ORANGE SAUCE
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp chilli sauce
- 2 tbsp fresh ginger
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sugar
- ¼ cup corn-starch
Method
- In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients for the marinade and whisk to combine. Slice up chicken into cubes and toss in the marinade. Let the chicken marinate for 30 minutes or up to 1 hour.
- Heat up oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add ginger and garlic into the frying pan and cook until fragrant. Add the rest of the orange sauce ingredients and mandarins to the frying pan, except the corn starch and bring to a boil then turn off the heat.
- Mix corn-starch in a small dish and add 2 tbsp of water. Slowly pour into the orange sauce while whisking. Set aside.
- Take the chicken out of the marinade and start frying the chicken. Fry for 5-6 minutes, then remove to a paper towel.
- Pour the orange sauce over the fried chicken. Garnish with sesame seeds and spring onion.