Transfer orange chicken to serving dish.When chicken is finished cooking, transfer chicken to medium bowl and slowly stir in the orange sauce until chicken is fully coated.Quickly whisk in the cornstarch slurry and continue cooking sauce for 2-3 minutes until thickened.Continue whisking and cooking until sauce starts to simmer. Reduce heat to medium and pour in the sauce mixture. Saute about 1 minute until garlic is fragrant. In small saucepan, heat 1 teaspoon vegetable oil over medium-high heat then add in 1 teaspoon of minced garlic.Make a slurry of 1 tablespoon of cold water and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch.In small bowl, whisk together orange juice, sugar, honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, ginger, red pepper flakes, and orange zest.Bake chicken 15-20 minutes according to package directions. Place Tyson Any'tizers Popcorn Chicken in a single layer on a foil-lined baking sheet. Cook 15 minutes, until heated through and crispy. Place Tyson Any'tizers Popcorn Chicken in a single layer. Save this Orange Chicken recipe to your favorite Chinese Recipes board or your Tyson Any’Tizers Recipes board.
Make sure you whisk the sauce constantly as you add in the slurry to ensure that your sauce turns out silky smooth.Īfter the sauce thickens, you can turn down the heat to low and let the sauce continue to simmer until the chicken is finished cooking.
Once the sauce starts to simmer, it’s time to add the cornstarch slurry. Mixing the cornstarch with water prior to add to the hot sauce will prevent the cornstarch from clumping. When I say slurry, I really mean just mix them together in a separate bowl. You’ll start by making a slurry with 1 tablespoon of water and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch. It’s important to thicken up your sauce so that it will coat your chicken well without causing your chicken to lose its crispness. The zest of an orange is essentially the orange part of the orange peel.īe sure to wash your orange first then use a fine zester, also called a Microplane, to zest a bit of the orange peel.Īvoid the white part of the orange peel because it is bitter. The way I’ve written the recipe is how we like to make Orange Chicken. If you want to use less sugar, I’m not going to be mad.īut be sure to taste the sauce as you’re making it to make sure the flavors are balanced. The honey adds a nice depth of flavor that is missing when you use only sugar. We’re adding sweetness with both white sugar and a little honey. I fully support the notion that there is such a thing as a sauce that is too sweet, especially when it comes to Chinese food.īut you’ll want to add a little sweetness to balance out the vinegar on this sauce. Key to Success #2 – Don’t Skimp on the Sweetness It’s a perfect solution for your family’s busy schedule. With this time-saving option, you can easily make this a 30-minute meal. You can save a lot of time by baking the popcorn chicken in the oven or Air Fryer while you make the sauce. This will allow the other side of the chicken to crisp up as well. If you like extra crispy chicken try spraying the popcorn chicken with a little bit of cooking spray before you put them into the oven.Īnd be sure to flip the chicken over halfway through cooking. You can cook in the oven or Air Fryer or even microwave. The Tyson Any’tizers Popcorn chicken bakes up nice and crispy, which is exactly what you want in Orange Chicken. The key to this Easy Orange Chicken recipe is using Tyson Any’tizers Popcorn Chicken instead of breading and frying fresh chicken. Key to Success #1 – Make Dinner Easy with Tyson Any’tizers Popcorn Chicken It’s a meal that the whole family enjoys.ĭisclosure – I may get a small commission for purchases made through affiliate links in this post. While the chicken bakes, we make our own thick and delicious Orange Sauce that we use to coat the chicken. We use oven-baked crispy Tyson Any’tizers Popcorn Chicken to save time and make things easy. Orange Chicken is a sweet, tangy Chinese dish that is a fan-favorite at our house.
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