Orange Chicken

orange chicken

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breasts, diced
  • 2-3 dried red chillies
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 medium onion, sliced
  • 1 red capsicum, sliced
  • 1 inch ginger, minced
  • oil for deep frying

Batter

  • ½ cup flour
  • ¼ cup corn flour
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • salt

Sauce

  • Juice of 2 oranges
  • 2 tbsp dry sherry
  • 1 tsp minced orange rind
  • 1 tsp corn flour
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • ½ tsp sesame oil 

Method

  1. Mix up the batter.
  2. Mix the sauce ingredients and set aside.
  3. Dip the chicken in the batter and deep fry until golden brown.
  4. Place the cooked chicken on a plate lined with a paper towel.
  5. Remove oil from the pan and sauté the onion, chillies, garlic, ginger and capsicum.
  6. Add the sauce mix and stir.
  7. Add the chicken and stir until the sauce thickens.
  8. Serve with steamed white or basmati rice.