Here is how you can rustle up delicious orange chicken at home.
Ingredients:
½ cup buttermilk, 3 lbs, Skinless chicken breasts, ½ cup flour, ½ tsp
pepper, 1 cup water, 12 inch skillet, 2 ½ tsp orange juice, 1 cup brown
sugar, 1/3 cup rice vinegar, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1/3 cup lemon juice, ½
tsp minced garlic, ½ tsp minced ginger root, ¼ tsp red pepper flakes, 3
tbsp cornstarch
Method:
Pour the ½ cup of buttermilk into a large bowl. Cut the chicken
breasts into bite-sized pieces and add them to the bowl. Stir until all
the chicken pieces are coated with buttermilk. Combine the flour, salt
and pepper into a separate bowl. One by one, dip each piece of chicken
into the flour mixture until completely coated with flour. Shake off any
excess. Heat oil in a deep fryer to 375 degree F. Add a few pieces of
chicken to the oil at a time and fry for 3 -4 minutes until golden
crispy. Place the fried chicken on tissue paper to soak up the excess
oil. Mix together the water, orange juice, brown sugar, soy sauce, lemon
juice, minced garlic, minced ginger root and red pepper flakes in a
bowl. Place the mixture into a saucepan and heat on high until it starts
to boil. Combine the cornstarch and about 4 tbsp of water into a small
bowl and stir until the cornstarch dissolves. Add this mixture to the
boiling saucepan and stir for about 5 more minutes. Reduce the heat to
low and before adding the fried chicken pieces to the sauce. Allow the
chicken to simmer in the sauce for 5 minutes before serving.