Thursday, June 15, 2006

ORANGE CHICKEN!!!

I absolutely LOVE orange chicken, now I know there is no actual orange fruit in this recipe but it's the gravy that gives it that nice deep orange look and it's just wonderful.

The kids and the hubby LOVE it and so do I, it's my go to when I'm craving chinese food.

This recipe is courtesy of my friend Veronica :)


Orange Chicken


3 lbs. Chicken, cut into bite size pieces
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1/2 cup of flour
1/2 cup of cornstarch
4 beaten eggs with a little milk
oil

Sauce:
1 1/4 cups of sugar
1/2 cup of ketchup
1/2 cup of water
2 tablespoons of soy sauce



Beat 4 eggs together and add a little milk. Mix cornstarch, flour and garlic powder together. Dip chicken pieces in the flour then egg. Fry in hot oil until golden brown.


Place chicken in casserole dish.



Sauce:
Combine all ingredients and bring to a boil over medium-low heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved and ingredients are blended.

Pour sauce over chicken


Bake at 350 F, for 45 minutes or until chicken is cooked thoroughly.

22 comments:

  1. I am going to try this recipe! Thanks for commenting on my blog. I have copied almsost ALL of your recipes! They sound delicious! I'll let you know how mine turned out!

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  2. This sounds delicious! Definitely one I am going to have to make next week!

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  3. Courtney - It's reallyyyyyyy good. Let me know how it turns out :)

    mrs.escandon - Let me know how you like it, it's pretty easy to make and tastes really good :)

    michelle - It's so good LOL....like I told the others, be sure to let me know if you like it ok? :)

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  4. Looks yummy, but where is the orange? ;-)

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  5. I found your blog through a link of a link. I made your orange chicken last night for dinner. I must say I was a little hesitant about "orange" chicken with no "orange". However, I don't care if it had orange or not because it was simply delicious! My whole family loved it! We will definitely make it again. Thanks again!

    Jennifer
    http://scrumdilliteyumpschous.blogspot.com

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  6. Orange chicken is like my all time favorite! My recipe is really different from yours though if you feel like experimenting sometime. It's a family favorite around here where you can't get good Chinese. http://www.3sidesofcrazy.com/2008/06/wwwew-collides-with-tasty-thursday.html
    We did find good Thai just yesterday - LOL

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  7. yum! this is our favorite chinese dish. I will definitely be trying it. Oh! and we made your snickerdoodles this week. so good!

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  8. Yum!! I will have to try this out soon. Thanks!

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  9. I thought it would have had orange juice in it for the 'orange' flavor! This looks and sounds yummy! I'm making this next time I want some Chinese food!

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  10. This looks beyond delicious!! I am going to have to try it.

    What skillet do you have? (I see it in the photo) I need to get one and am clueless as to which one is good. Could ya help me?

    ~melody~

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  11. I made this tonight and it was so good. Thanks.

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  12. I'm making this on Wednesday of this week. I posted about it today on my blog. :)

    ~melody~

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  13. Hi,

    What oven temp. setting did you end up baking it at for the 45 minutes?

    Thanks!

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  14. this was tonight's dinner. very good. rave reviews from the kids. even asked if it could be sent for lunch tomorrow!!

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  15. Substitute orange juice for the water and get a lovely orange flavor!! Yum!!!!

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  16. Found this linked on another blog and made it a few nights ago. It was WONDERFUL! I couldn't believe that I could fry up chicken and have it look and taste SO good! My kids and dh loved it. Thanks so much, I'll be giving your other recipes a closer look too.

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  17. wow sandra! i made this tonight and it was delish!!!

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  18. My friend made this dish and I had to get the recipe. It's now a staple meal for our family. Love it!!!

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  19. Very good sandra, thank you. I made this tonight and me and my little girl loved it. I baked it at 350F.

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  20. Thank you for sharing this recipe. I made it last week and everyone loved it so much I am making it again tonight.

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  21. Oh, wow! Made this last night. As my husband said, "Another keeper receipe"! Thanks for sharing!

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