Easy Homemade Orange Chicken with Rice | Zesty Citrus Flavor in 20 Minutes

Craving takeout but want to make it at home? This easy Orange Chicken with Rice recipe is your answer! Tender chicken pieces coated in a light batter, fried to perfection, and tossed in a tangy orange-ginger sauce served over fluffy rice. It's quick, flavorful, and uses simple pantry staples. Perfect for weeknight dinners or impressing guests!In this video, I'll walk you through the step-by-step process:0:00 Intro & Ingredients
0:45 Preparing the Batter
1:30 Making the Orange-Ginger Sauce
2:15 Chopping Onions & Resting Sauce
2:45 Cooking the Rice
3:30 Frying the Chicken
4:15 Tossing in Sauce & Serving

Ingredients:
• 1 lb chicken (cut into pieces)
• Flour
• 1 egg (egg white only)
• 1 orange
• 1 small piece of fresh ginger
• 1 onion (white or green onion)
• Soy sauce
• Vinegar
• Black pepper
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 cup rice
• 1 ½ cups water
• Olive oil
• SaltInstructions:In a bowl, mix flour, black pepper, soy sauce, the egg white, and a splash of vinegar.
In another bowl, prepare the sauce: dice the orange into small pieces, squeeze half of it for juice, and add both. Finely chop the ginger and add it. Then mix in soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar. Stir well.
Chop the onion into very small pieces, add it to the sauce, and let it rest for 15 minutes.
For the rice: heat olive oil in a pot, add 1 cup of rice, sauté lightly, then add 1 ½ cups of water with salt. Cover and cook on medium-low until done.
For the chicken: fry the pieces in hot oil until golden, remove, and toss them with the orange-ginger sauce.
Top with chopped onion and serve with rice.

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