I was missing Chinese food, especially orange chicken. Being gluten free presents quite an issue due to the soy sauce and flour used in restaurants so I made this recipe and let’s just say “Winner, Winner, Orange chicken dinner”.
Orange Chicken with Radish & Bok Choy
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken tenders (breast meat) – cut into bite size pieces
- ¾ cup cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon granulated garlic
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 cup canola/vegetable oil
Takes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Combine all the above dry ingredients in a bowl or zip lock bag. Add chicken and coat completely.
- Heat oil to get it really hot in large frying pan.
- Add coated chicken and cook for approximately 10 minutes – chicken should be golden brown
- Remove chicken from oil to a paper towel to drain. Salt chicken while very hot.
For the Orange Sauce:
- Zest and juice of 1 orange
- ½ cups Orange Marmalade (I found 100% fruit St. Dalfour Marmalade at Whole Foods that does not add sugar)
- 2 tablespoon Mirin
- 2 tablespoons XYLA
- ¼ teaspoon fish sauce
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 cup canola/vegetable oil
Takes
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
For the Orange Chicken:
- Add cooked chicken to orange sauce
- Spray baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray
- Put sauced chicken on baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes – which chicken is baking make the bok choy
Bok Choy & Radishes
- 4 heads bok choy – cut in half
- 5 to 6 radishes – sliced
- 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Mirin
- Salt to taste
Takes
Instructions
- Heat oil, add bok choy and radish slices, Mirin and salt, saute’ for 9 to 10 minutes.
- Plate bok choy and radishes, add orange chicken to serving dish.
- I would serve this dish with rice.