Orange Chicken

Ingredients:

  • 500g Chicken thigh

Sauce

  • ┬╝ teaspoon┬áchili flake
  • 1 tablespoon┬ágarlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon┬áginger, minced
  • 1/2 cup┬ásugar
  • 1/2 cup┬ábrown sugar
  • 4 tbsp orange marmalade
  • ┬╝ cup┬áwhite vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons┬ásoy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon┬ásesame oil

Batter (optional)

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup cornmeal flour
  • 1 cup of water

Method:

  1. Combine all Sauce ingredients in a Jug
  2. If you are not battering your chicken add the sauce and the sliced chicken to a medium hot frying pan and cook until sauce has reduced. Serve with rice

Battered Chicken

  1. To make you batter combine the 2 eggs with 1 cup of cornmeal flour (cornmeal flour not corn flour) and water. Add a dash of water if too thick or more flour if too thin. Salt and pepper the batter.
  2. Slice the chicken and add to the batter, making sure all chicken is covered
  3. Heat 1 cm of rice bran oil in a frying pan, when oil is hot add chicken strips to the pan one at a time leaving some room around them so they don’t stick
  4. Cook on both sides until lightly browned
  5. Once all chicken is cooked, discard of oil and add sauce and cooked chicken to frying pan, stir until sauce reduced and sticky. Serve with Rice