How to make orange chicken with vegetables?

How to make orange chicken with vegetables

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Orange chicken originates from Hunan, China, although it is also often served in Chinese-American fast-food restaurants.

The orange chicken recipe is first fried and then sautéed in a sweet soy sauce and flavored with chopped dried orange peel. In the same way, it is accompanied with vegetables such as baby carrots or bok choy, which is a variety of Chinese cabbage.

In the western region, fresh orange juice or peel, sugar, broccoli or steamed broccoli, and chili, also known as ají or guindilla, which is a hot pepper, are used.

Preparation: 10 min, 60 min (marinated) | Cooking: 40 min | Total: 100min

Serving: 4 servings| Difficulty: laborious

Nutritional information for Orange Chicken

Each approximately 100-gram serving based on a 2,000-calorie diet contains:

Energy 333 calories
Fat 20.31 grams
Carbohydrates 16, 44 grams
Protein 20.3 grams

Necessary utensils:

Knife, pot, pan, marinade tray

Easy and simple orange chicken recipe

Ingredients

To cook the orange chicken, you need the following:

4 chicken legs or thighs
2 finely chopped onions
½ liter of orange juice
2 cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 spoon of sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste
Oil
4 potatoes, diced
4 carrots, diced
250 grams of steamed broccoli
finely chopped parsley
Cooked rice

Step by step to prepare and cook orange chicken

Step 1

For the sauce, mix the orange juice with the soy sauce, minced garlic, vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper and cornstarch.

Step 2

Marinate the chicken with the previous mixture for one hour.

Step 3

In a frying pan, fry finely chopped onion and season with salt and pepper.

Step 4

When the onion is transparent, add the chicken and after 10 minutes the sauce, potatoes, broccoli, and carrots.

Step 5

Cook until needed over low heat, turning the chicken pieces.

Step 6

Before turning off sprinkle with parsley.

Step 7

Serve and accompany with rice.

Gastronomic tip

If you want a simpler and faster preparation, prepare orange chicken only with breast, oil, wheat flour, salt, and eggs, as well as soy sauce, sugar, sesame, and orange juice for the sauce.