{"id":149263,"date":"2025-03-22T07:09:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T07:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/budget-food\/easy-orange-chicken-recipe-budget-bytes\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T07:09:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T07:09:42","slug":"easy-orange-chicken-recipe-budget-bytes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=149263","title":{"rendered":"Easy Orange Chicken Recipe – Budget Bytes"},"content":{"rendered":"


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OMG. This Easy Orange Chicken\u00a0recipe is, without a doubt, STILL one of my all-time favorite take-out fake-out recipes I\u2019ve ever shared on the blog! (I\u2019m so happy I finally gave this recipe a try all the way back in 2017 \ud83d\ude09 I\u2019ve never looked back since!) The chicken pieces are tender, juicy, and lightly breaded, and the sauce is sweet, tangy, and spicy, with a whoosh of fresh orangey citrus flavor. It\u2019s absolutely perfect and SO fast and easy!<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is the best orange chicken I\u2019ve ever eaten! I love how natural tasting it is, not like the gloppy, neon, super-sugary kind at restaurants. This is so fresh and delicious!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Orange chicken is a Chinese American dish with juicy chunks of crispy fried chicken drenched in a simple orange chili glaze. The sauce is sweet, tangy, salty, and savory, hitting all of the best flavors at once! My orange chicken recipe is the perfect dupe, but I\u2019ve modified it a bit to make it easier for home kitchens.<\/p>\n

I really don\u2019t like deep-fried food, but I can\u2019t deny that a little bit of fried flavor helps dishes like this feel more authentic (and by \u201cauthentic,\u201d I mean tasting like your local take-out joint). So, for this recipe, I use the same pan-fry method as I do in my easy sesame chicken<\/a>. I coat the chicken pieces in a thin cornstarch and egg batter, then fry them with a small amount of oil in a skillet until golden brown. This batter and pan-fry method gives the sauce something to grab onto and really helps flavor the chicken. It\u2019s easy, delicious, and less messy!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This easy Orange Chicken recipe doesn’t require deep frying and has the same tangy, sweet, and salty flavor as your favorite Chinese take-out!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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