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Orange chicken

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Refrigeration 30 minutes
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For the chicken:
  • 3 chicken breasts
  • 3 tbsp corn starch
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1 egg
  • salt and pepper to taste
For cooking:
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 3 spring onions
  • sesame oil needed amount
For the sauce:
  • The juice of 2 oranges
  • The zest of 1 orange
  • 1 tbsp vinegar
  • 4 tbsp soy sauce
  • chilli flakes to taste
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar

Method
 

For the chicken:
  1. Chop the chicken in pieces of about 3 cm aprox.
  2. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients and then put the chicken in there, coating every piece, making sure each piece is coated, cover the bowl and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
For cooking:
  1. On a cutting board, chop the garlic and onions, and on sauce pan to medium heat with some sesame oil.
  2. Once the onion and garlic are soft, stir in the chicken and cook for 10 minutes aprox until it starts to turn gold.
For the sauce:
  1. While the chicken is cooking, in a small bowl mix all the inrgedients for the sauce and once the chicken is done, pour it over it.
  2. Keep on cooking for the sauce to reduce a little and it´s done. Decorate with some fresh scallions.

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