Baked Orange Chicken
Better than take out Orange Chicken that is baked to perfection and will blow your mind!
Servings: 6 Servings
Ingredients
Chicken
- 3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1½ cups cornstarch
- 3 eggs, beaten
- ¼ cup canola oil
Orange Sauce
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- ⅔ cup orange juice
- ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons sriracha
- 3 tablespoons white vinegar
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit and grease a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish. Cut the chicken breasts into bite-size pieces and season with salt and pepper.
- Add the cornstarch to one bowl and the slightly beaten eggs to another bowl. Dip each chicken piece into the bowl of cornstarch first, then coat in the egg mixture.
- Heat the canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken until browned. Place the chicken in the prepared baking dish.
- Whisk the brown sugar, orange juice, sriracha, soy sauce, white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, garlic salt, grated orange peel, and cornstarch in a mixing bowl.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken and bake for 1 hour, stirring the chicken every 15 minutes to coat the chicken in the sauce.
- Serve over rice and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 481kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 154mg | Sodium: 950mg | Potassium: 555mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 208IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1mg
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