Orange Chicken

Ingredients

2 chicken🐔 breasts, cut into 1/2-inch slices 

1 ½ cups water💧

⅓ cup rice 🍚 vinegar

¼ cup lemon 🍋 juice 

3 tablespoons soy sauce 

1 Orange 🍊 juice & zest

1 cup brown sugar

2 tablespoons chopped green onion 🧅

1 teaspoon ginger

1 teaspoon garlic 🧄

¼ teaspoon red pepper 🌶 flakes

1 egg 🥚 

3/4 cup flour 

1/2 cup cornstarch

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup water 💧, ice 🧊 cold

1 Tbsp oil 

1/2 tsp salt 🧂 

oil for frying

3 tablespoons cornstarch

2 tablespoons water💧

Directions  

Combine water, rice vinegar, lemon juice, soy sauce, and orange juice for sauce into a saucepan over medium-high heat

Stir in brown sugar, green onion, orange zest, ginger, garlic, and pepper flakes; bring to a boil

Remove from heat and let cool 10 minutes

Place chicken in a resealable plastic bag

Pour in 1 cup cooled sauce

Seal the bag and refrigerate for at least 2 hours (reserve remaining sauce)

Whisk together egg, flour, cornstarch, baking powder, ice-cold water, oil, and salt

Coat chicken in the batter

Heat about 1 inch of oil on medium-high heat 

Fry chicken in batches (single layer at a time) until golden brown

Transfer chicken to paper-towel-lined plate. 

Bring reserved sauce to a boil

Mix together 3 Tbs cornstarch and 2 Tbs 

Stir into boiling sauce until thickened

Stir in chicken

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