Hello readers! Sorry that this entry is so late. A few nights ago I tried to make orange chicken from scratch, and it was a shocking success. I’m not doubting my cooking abilities, but by the end of this post you will understand what I meant by shocking. This recipe was a total pain in the butt. Originally the recipe calls for a deep fryer. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t own one. All I used was a deep pot with a lot of oil; at the same time I was making the chicken I was also making the orange sauce which is was a challenge on its own. The chicken I had to wing because the instructions on the recipe were very thin on the details of how to do any of this. I started with my chicken that I had cut up into bite size pieces. With the chicken I took the small pieces and dipped them in an egg, salt, and pepper mixture. After that I rolled the pieces in a flour and cornstarch blend. Fry in the oil until lightly browned. If they get too brown and the chicken will be over cooked. The orange sauce while it is cooking just looks like a blend of oil and spices. It looks like a bad vegetable soup. Don’t be worried if it has a really strong smell. It is supposed to smell like that. While stirring the fried chicken pieces in the orange sauce; they will attain their orange appearance. Final word of wisdom on the recipe is when it comes to using the orange zest only use a small portion of it. Once again readers I apologize on the lateness. Get ready Food fans this week we are going to be eating a little closer to home this week. Mexico here we come!
Orange Chicken: http://www.food.com/recipe/panda-express-orange-chicken-103215
I love Chinese food! I always thought the only people that could make good Chinese food were Chinese restaurants, but you may be the exception to that because your orange chicken looks great . Orange chicken is one of my favorite dishes at Chinese restaurants. I plan on getting the ingredients for this tomorrow and trying it myself sometime this week. Hopefully it turns out as nice as yours, but with my luck probably not. I am a better baker than chef, I must say I do make some mean cut out sugar cookies with homemade frosting. I will let you know how my orange chicken experience goes and whether I will just be going to Chinese restaurants for Chinese food.
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ReplyDeleteI recently just tried Chinese food, at Panda Express at Six Flags. I always thought Chinese food looked gross and I could not believe people actually liked it! Every time my friends and I would go out to lunch they would always want to eat Chinese but I would always disagree because I am a picky eater and would never try it! But this summer my best friend and our boyfriends went to Six Flags, they all liked Chinese, so I caved in and tried some orange chicken. Surprisingly it was actually pretty good. Orange chicken and rice is the only Chinese food I have had and probably will be all that I will try. But I am going to try some time with my friend and cook some orange chicken.
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