Easy Recipe: Perfect Baked Orange Chicken

Baked Orange Chicken. And it is baked, not fried, which means all the flavor, less calories. While orange has its diehard fans (including my husband), it can be cloyingly sweet.

Low Fat Baked Crispy Orange Hoisin Chicken. A tasty weekday dinner!!
Low Fat Baked Crispy Orange Hoisin Chicken. A tasty weekday dinner!! (Ruth Marsh)
Orange Chicken is a popular American-Chinese recipe in which battered chicken is deep fried and tossed in a thick, sweet, tangy, savory orange sauce. You can serve this baked orange chicken with rice, veggies, or even on its own. This oven baked orange chicken recipe is easy and sticky good.

Arrange marinated chicken on baking sheet lined tray.

You can serve this baked orange chicken with rice, veggies, or even on its own.

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Repeat until all chicken is coated. Combine butter, garlic, basil, salt and pepper; drizzle over chicken. The ease and flavor make this dish a favorite orange chicken recipe.

Bring to a simmer on medium heat. While the chicken is cooking, prepare the sauce in a medium saucepan. Without it, the orange chicken sauce will be far too runny.

This baked orange chicken recipe is no exception to the ease of the sheet pan meal rules. Bring to a simmer on medium heat. Without it, the orange chicken sauce will be far too runny.

Cut slit in each chicken breast to form a pocket. Serve over rice and garnish with green onions and orange slices. Combine butter, garlic, basil, salt and pepper; drizzle over chicken.

Add the flour to a sealable plastic bag then add the chicken and seal the bag. This baked orange chicken recipe combines crispy oven baked chicken with a simple orange sauce that's unbelievably low calorie. Bring to a simmer on medium heat.

They cook at just the right pace as the broccoli. It is often compared with General Tso Chicken because both are deep fried and sweet and savory but Orange Chicken is not nearly as spicy. Line a baking sheet with foil and grease it with cooking spray.

Line a baking sheet with foil and grease it with cooking spray. Classic orange chicken is an Americanized Chinese fast food classic that consists of cubed pieces of chicken breasts that are breaded and deep fried, then coated in a sweet, sticky orange sauce. Mix up the simple orange sauce and pour over the chicken pieces.

Make the Sauce - while the chicken is baking, whisk together the water, orange juice, coconut sugar, coconut aminos, apple cider vinegar, and red pepper flakes in a saucepan over medium heat. The prep work can all be done ahead, so a little planning can yield a wonderful dinner any night of the week. This orange chicken is intense with orange flavor and balanc.

Bring to a simmer on medium heat. Repeat until all chicken is coated. Classic orange chicken is an Americanized Chinese fast food classic that consists of cubed pieces of chicken breasts that are breaded and deep fried, then coated in a sweet, sticky orange sauce.

Make the Sauce - while the chicken is baking, whisk together the water, orange juice, coconut sugar, coconut aminos, apple cider vinegar, and red pepper flakes in a saucepan over medium heat. Without it, the orange chicken sauce will be far too runny. This baked orange chicken recipe combines crispy oven baked chicken with a simple orange sauce that's unbelievably low calorie.