Two of my sons love Panda Express. I don't love it. When we were at Costco one day, #1 begged me to buy the Panda Express orange chicken sauce and I had no idea what I would do with it. I combined ideas from a couple recipes to produce a pretty yummy dish and my son was happy with it even though it didn't taste like Panda Express exactly.
Orange Chicken
3-4 chicken breasts, cut into cubes (1-2 inches)
1/2 cup corn starch
1 cup flour
3 eggs, beaten
1/4-1/2 tsp. salt
4 cups stir fry vegetables (or a couple heads of broccoli cut up)
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
Panda Express orange sauce, 1/2 to 1 cup
In one bowl, mix the eggs and salt together. In another, mix the flour and cornstarch. First coat the chicken pieces in the egg and then in the flour mixture. Heat oil in pan on medium heat, making sure it's plenty hot before you add the chicken. Cook until browned well on both sides. Set it aside and keep warm in the oven while you fry the vegetables. Add a little more oil to the pan and cook the vegetables until tender. Put chicken back in the pan, stir it all together, and add the orange sauce.
One of these days I'll learn how to make an orange sauce from scratch and I'm sure my kids will think it's disgusting.
Kids. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.
ReplyDeleteI've been looking for a good orange chicken recipe... My favorite cookbook has one that I keep meaning to try. Maybe this is the motivation I need. I'll let you know if it's a winner
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