Baked Orange Chicken Recipe

Baked Orange Chicken Recipe

from dinnerthendessert.com
Main Course
30 min
6 servings
424 kcal / serving

Baked Orange Chicken made with Panda Express Orange Chicken Copycat Sauce. An easy baked recipe that's healthier than frying in 30 minutes!

Ingredients

  • 1 cuppanko breadcrumbs
  • 2 poundschicken thighs (, boneless, skinless)
  • 2 largeeggs (, beaten)
  • ½ cupflour
  • 1 tablespoonvegetable oil (, divided)
  • 1 ½ tablespoonsfresh ginger (, minced)
  • 2 teaspoonsgarlic (, minced)
  • ½ teaspooncrushed red pepper
  • 1 tablespooncornstarch
  • 2 tablespoonsrice wine ((white wine works too))
  • ¼ cuporange juice (, fresh after zesting orange)
  • 1 teaspoonsesame oil
  • 3 tablespoonslow sodium soy sauce
  • 10 tablespoonssugar
  • 10 tablespoonswhite vinegar
  • 1orange (, zested)

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and add the panko to a food processor and pulse until the crumbs are much smaller, like regular breadcrumbs.

  2. 2

    Add the panko to one bowl, the chicken (cut into small chunks) in a second bowl, the eggs in a third bowl, and the flour in a fourth bowl.

  3. 3

    Dip the chicken pieces into the flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs and place on baking sheet, then spray with cooking spray (or brush lightly with vegetable oil).

  4. 4

    Bake for 20-25 minutes. While the chicken is baking, make the sauce.

  5. 5

    Add the remaining tablespoon vegetable oil, ginger, garlic, and crushed red pepper to a saucepan on medium heat and cook for 30 seconds until fragrant.

  6. 6

    Add the rest of the sauce ingredients, bring to a boil until it thickens then turn off the heat and wait for the chicken to finish baking, then toss the chicken with the sauce and serve.