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Orange Chicken

Recipe - Orange Chicken
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Tbsp. Plum Sauce
  • 1 Tsp. Oyster Sauce
  • 2 Tbsp. Mirin Sweet Rice Wine
  • 2 Tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp. Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
  • 1 Tbsp. Orange Jam
  • 1 Tbsp. Soy Sauce
  • 1 Pound of Diced Boneless Chicken Thighs
  • 1 Tbsp. Peanut Oil

Method
 

  1. Step 1 - Mix the oyster sauce, soy sauce, mirin, and chicken thighs together.
  2. Step 2- In a separate bowl, mix together the plum sauce, rice wine vinegar, orange jam, and juice together.  This is your orange sauce
  3. Step 3- In a wok, heat your peanut oil.
  4. Step 4 - Once your peanut oil is hot, add your chicken thighs.
  5. Step 5- Once the chicken is browned on each side and cooked through, now add your orange sauce to the chicken.
  6. Step 6- Allow it to simmer for about 5 minutes, so that the rice wine cooks off and you have a tasty thick sauce remaining.
  7. Step 7 - Serve over rice and enjoy!