Easy & Healthy Orange Chicken Recipe & Video

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June 4, 2015

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Hi guys!

Today I’m going to share my delicious, healthy and easy orange chicken recipe with you all!

There is not deep fry process nor tons of sugar in the recipe. So you won’t feel bad at all even though if you eat this every day!

And I meant every day, because it is so good I don’t mind eating this healthy orange chicken.

I use chicken breast, but doesn’t meant this healthy orange chicken will be dry. Because I have my secret weapon, all Chinese chefs use in their restaurant!

You definitely don’t want to miss out this recipe, it is a keeper!

If you follow my recipe and directions, you won’t miss the deep fry chicken or chicken thighs, just trust me!

Honestly, I like this healthy orange chicken better than from panda express or any other Chinese take out restaurants. It is flavorful, juicy, tender and deeeeelicious!

I highly recommend you to make this week night dinner since it is so quick to make, or weekend lunch/dinner with family and friends, you will be the star! 😀

Hope you enjoy my Healthy Orange Chicken recipe easy, and good luck in your kitchen~!

Watch the video to understand the process a lot easier and you can remember better! 😀

★★★★★5 from 2 reviews

Author: Seonkyoung Longest

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Ingredients

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For The Chicken

2 boneless,skinless chicken breast (Approximately 1 lb.)
2 tsp. Soy sauce
2 tsp. Shaoxing wine (Chinese cooking wine)*
2 tsp. Cornstarch
1/2 tsp. Baking soda
1/8 tsp. Black pepper

For the Orange Chicken Sauce

1 Tbs. Hoisin sauce
1 Tbs. Sambal (Chili garlic sauce)
1 Tbs. Sugar
2 tsp. Soy sauce
Fresh juice form 1 orange

For Stir Fry

2 Garlic cloves
Fresh ginger, same amount with garlic
2 Green onions
3 Tbs. High smoke point cooking oil (Such as peanut, canola, vegetable, sunflower or avocado oil)
Toasted sesame seeds

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Instructions

Slice chicken into 1/4 inch thin. In a mixing bowl, add sliced chicken and rest of ingredients for chicken. Mix well with your hand, until chicken is coated evenly with sauce. Set aside.
While chicken is marinate, let’s make sauce and prepare vegetables. In another mixing bowl, combine all ingredients for sauce. Whisk until sugar has dissolved, set aside.
Roughly chop garlic, julienne ginger and chop green onion, set aside.
Heat a wok over high heat; add cooking oil and swirl to coat. Add chopped garlic and ginger, stir fry until you can smell the fragrance, about 30 seconds.
Add marinated chicken into wok, combine with garlic and ginger. Spread chicken evenly bottom of work, and cook until it’s golden brown and crispy, about a couple minutes. Turn it over, and cook other side for a couple minutes or until chicken is cooked 3/4 way.
Add sauce we made earlier; stir fry until sauce has thicken, chicken is fully cooked and coated with sauce evenly, about a couple minutes. Stir frequently.
Remove from heat, add chopped green onion, stir until combined.
Transfer to a serving plate, garnish with more chopped green onion and sesame seeds.

Notes

Note: You can substitute Shaoixing wine to dry cherry, sake(rice wine). If you’d like to cooking without alcohol, you can skip it.

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30 comments

KathyNovember 6, 2015 at 2:40 pm

Love it

John FrancisFebruary 3, 2020 at 4:49 pm

Just made this tonite. Very tasty. My recommendations: Use MUCH more O.J. – at least 4 oranges worth. Also, cut down amount of Sambal by half – too spicy for my guests. Add some green – I used broccoli florets, but celery or some kind of sprouts to add a little crunch should work well also…

KNovember 19, 2015 at 2:24 am

Super Easy and Delicious!!! Thank you.

SeonkyoungNovember 30, 2015 at 7:02 pm

My pleasure!!

JoyDecember 16, 2015 at 2:34 am

My love for cooking just grew even more! Tried this yesterday. I have found a new way to make orange chicken. Your addition of baking soda made all the difference. I love your enthusiasm for cooking. Keep the great recipes coming!

Mary NaxJanuary 25, 2016 at 12:18 am

Could I make this in a salute pan since I don’t have a wok? Which Wok brand do you recommend?

SeonkyoungJanuary 26, 2016 at 8:23 pm

Of course! It will work perfect as well!
The wok and the skillet I use the most(in the video & real life) are T-fal 8inch non stick wok & large nonstick skillet. The wok is Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution line but I haven’t seen for a long time at the market. But you can find similar ones any kitchen stores or online! Oh also, RachelRay brand makes similar one with a lid! ☺️

alissaAugust 24, 2016 at 12:35 am

Just want to say that my two boys ( 5, 6) never eat anything new- they have about 5 things they eat. They watched me cook this from YouTube and they were excited to try it which shocked me and then They LOVED it- I’m in shock and am overjoyed! Thank you for sharing this recipe! Our new family favorite- never thought I’d ever write that 🙂

SeonkyoungAugust 27, 2016 at 9:14 pm

Hi Alissa!
WOW, I’m so thrilled with your story, thank you so much for sharing!!! So happy and story like yours always motivate and inspire me to keep sharing delicious easy recipes!! <3 Happy cooking Asian at Home Alissa!!!

LinAugust 26, 2016 at 3:38 pm

Hi! This was absolutely fantastic! No need to go to Chinatown anymore! Today I will make your beef with broccoli recipe. Thank you!

SeonkyoungAugust 27, 2016 at 9:19 pm

YAY~!! fantastic Lin! Hope you enjoy Beef and Broccoli too!!! <3 Happy cooking~!

AllysonSeptember 19, 2016 at 1:33 pm

This came out so delicious exclamation point my one and only complaint is that there were no leftovers After my toddler (who is hit-and-miss on chicken), husband, and I finished eating. We will certainly make this quick and easy dish again but will probably double it next time. Thank you for the great recipe.

SeonkyoungSeptember 20, 2016 at 3:49 pm

That’s lovely to hear Allyson!! So happy for you… <3 🙂

SeanFebruary 2, 2017 at 12:58 am

This recipe is so good! I made it with frozen mock chicken to make it vegan, and it was so delicious! Thanks so much for your videos, they are so fun to watch! My favorite youtube cooking videos, I’ve made several now and they have all been great:)

Thomas Ditlev SørensenJuly 14, 2018 at 8:12 pm

This is an absolute favorite!! A real treat for all senses.

Family and friends keep requesting it and it never gets old.

Thank you so much! 🙂

YasmineOctober 14, 2018 at 3:01 am

I’m so excited to try this tomorrow and to add this recipe to my collection! I love your channel, your accent, and your personality. Looking forward to more of your videos in the future. By the way, how do you correctly pronounce your first name (I think I’ve been mispronouning it)?

SeonkyoungOctober 17, 2018 at 8:53 pm

Seon -> “Sun” like the sun in the sky and Kyoung -> “Young” with “K” front of it.:-)

Jennifer BOctober 21, 2018 at 6:30 pm

Hi Seonkyoung. I found your videos through FaceBook and have been watching them for the past 3 weeks!! You make cooking look so easy. Your personality and charm keeps me watching. I love your explanations and straightforward videos. Your recipe page is amazing with step-by-step pictures. I love to eat but I really hate cooking. However, after watching your videos, I’m tempted to try cooking these recipes. Thank you so much for sharing your talent. I also subscribed to your YouTube channel.

SeonkyoungOctober 26, 2018 at 7:39 pm

Hi Jennifer! Thank you so much for watching my videos and your sweet words!! Love you!! Xoxox

KimNovember 9, 2018 at 12:30 am

Hello Seonkyoung, I was going through Youtube one day looking for Asian recipes to try, and came across your videos. I watched one, then two, and three and so on …. before i knew it almost four hours had passed! Where did the time go? I was so enthralled in you and your funny personality, and easy way of cooking Asian foods at home. I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos and watching you cook. Your step by step explanation makes cooking super easy, and you being you makes it even more fun to cook.

I come to you at least twice a week trying new recipes. They are so delicious and tasty. Friends who have tasted my food loved it and asked from which Asian restaurant I got it from. They say it tastes much better than the restaurant itself. I agree! I only go to your video’s and recipes now because i know that you will never let me down, everything I tried was just soooooo amazing! Thank you Seonkyoung …. YOU ROCK!!!!

DominicaJanuary 9, 2019 at 4:26 am

Just cooked this and the chicken came out amazing!! Sautéed peppers and Chinese eggplant on the side and AMAZING! I’m allergic to garlic and so I had to leave it out and it still turned out amazing. Thank you for the awesome recipe (:

Ashley A.February 8, 2019 at 6:36 am

Hi Seonkyoung!! I’ve been watching your videos on Facebook for maybe a year or so and just love them. You & Jacob are so fun!!

I’ve made this recipe quite a few times and love it!! I’m going to make it again tomorrow night, but don’t have quite enough chicken breasts. Can I also add chicken thighs? Will including the thighs with the chicken breasts in the ‘marinade’ be ok??

Thank you so much for sharing all of your awesome recipes with everyone!!
🙂

AudreyAugust 22, 2019 at 8:48 pm

How can i replace the hoisin sauce?

TrinaMarch 21, 2020 at 2:47 pm

Is this very spicy?

JApril 6, 2020 at 9:10 am

Thank you so much for sharing this! I’ve been making this for almost two years now! My family loves it so much. I have tweaked it a little for us. Instead of chili garlic I use sweet chili and sometimes (especially if I want to make this quickly) I substitute 3/4 cup of high-pulp orange juice for the juice of an orange. Sooooo good!

★★★★★

SeonkyoungApril 7, 2020 at 1:18 pm

2 YEARS?!?!?! WOW! Im so thankful for your loyal support and I hope you find my other recipes just as useful!

John B.June 24, 2020 at 11:00 pm

I love Orange Chicken. Found your recipe two days ago and happened to have everything on the ingredients list, so I made it last night. Very easy to make and SOOOOO good! Followed the recipe as written and served over Jasmine rice. Oh yes, I did zest the orange and added the zest into the sauce to give the orange juice a bit more intensity but that was it! Have one more orange so I will make again this week!

MattSeptember 4, 2020 at 1:37 am

The chicken really was tender, I couldn’t believe it! Awesome. And it was so quick – you’d think the chicken had been marinating for 24 hours. For me, the spice level was just right. I did miss having more vegetables. I like green onions, but something like carrots or bell peppers might be nice. The” orangyness” wasn’t as noticeable as I expected, though. I wasn’t sure how orange zest would affect it, and adding more orange juice would probably make the sauce more runny.

This is a great recipe to memorize; just pick up the fresh ingredients and you can whip it up about as fast as anything. Better than anything you can find in the frozen food aisle!

JuleruSeptember 26, 2020 at 1:30 pm

I made this yesterday and it was delicious! Even a relative who was upset that I hadn’t picked the recipe I usually use (chicken in a sweet’n’sour sauce) loved it! I also made your “fried rice” recipe with jasmin rice, peas, edamame, carrots, a red bell pepper and lots of spring onions – delicious and it fit really well!
I used a little bit more than 2 pounds of chicken (1kg) and followed a tip in the comments here to use the juice of 2 oranges/pound (so 4 medium sized ones in total), then also added a Tbsp of honey. The sauce was good but it took a while to cook it down (plus a bit of corn flour), so I’d recommend not using too many oranges but instead maybe reducing the amount of sugar or replacing it with honey.

Zach PJune 5, 2021 at 4:34 pm

This was great, I used your exact measurements and I the only thing I would add is zest from the orange for some more orange flavor. It was delicious and had a nice heat without being too sweet. I’ll be making this a lot.