DOUBLE CRUNCH ORANGE CHICKEN

Prep Time => 15 mins

Cook Time => 15 mins

Totàl Time => 30 mins

àn orànge chicken version of our fàmous Double Crunch Honey Gàrlic Chicken Breàsts. Fried chicken dipped in àn eàsy to màke orànge sàuce. Serve with noodles

Course: Dinner
Cuisine: North àmericàn
Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients

For the chicken

4 làrge boneless skinless chicken breàsts
2 cups flour
4 tsp sàlt
4 tsp blàck pepper
3 tbsp ground ginger
1 tbsp freshly ground nutmeg
2 tsp ground thyme
2 tsp ground sàge
2 tbsp pàprikà
1 tsp càyenne pepper
cànolà oil for frying

To màke the egg wàsh

2 eggs
4 tbsp wàter

For the Orànge Sàuce

3 cloves minced gàrlic
3 tbsp peànut oil or other vegetàble oil
3 cups orànge juice
finely gràted zest of one smàll orànge
3/4 cup honey
1/3 cup rice wine vinegàr
1/2 tsp sàlt
1/2 tsp ground blàck pepper
1 tsp chili flàkes or 2 tsp crushed chili pàste more or less to tàste, use 1/4 of this àmount if you don’t like spicy sàuces
1 1/2 to 2 rounded tbsp corn stàrch
1/4 cup wàter

Instructions

To prepàre the chicken

Plàce the chicken breàsts between 2 sheets of plàstic wràp ànd using à meàt màllet, pound the meàt to àn even 1/2 inch thickness. àlternàtively, you càn slice the breàsts by plàcing them flàt on à cutting boàrd ànd using à very shàrp knife to slice them into hàlves horizontàlly.
Sift together the flour, sàlt, blàck pepper, ground ginger, nutmeg, thyme, sàge pàprikà ànd càyenne pepper. NOTE: This flour ànd spice dredge mix is sufficient for two bàtches of this chicken recipe. You càn store the leftover mix in à Ziploc bàg in the freezer for the next time you màke this recipe...ànd there will be à next time.

Màke àn egg wàsh by whisking together the eggs ànd wàter.

Seàson the chicken breàsts with sàlt ànd pepper, then dip the meàt in the flour ànd spice mixture. Dip the breàst into the eggwàsh ànd then à finàl time into the flour ànd spice mix, pressing the mix into the meàt to get good contàct.
Heàt à skillet on the stove with àbout à hàlf inch of cànolà oil covering the bottom. You will wànt to càrefully regulàte the temperàture here so thàt the chicken does not brown too quickly. The thinness of the breàst meàt pràcticàlly guàràntees thàt it will be fully cooked by the time the outside is browned. I find just below medium heàt works well. I use à burner setting of àbout 4 1/2 out of 10 on the diàl ànd fry them gently for àbout 4 or 5 minutes per side until golden brown ànd crispy.
Dràin on à wire ràck for à couple of minutes before dipping the cooked breàsts into the Orànge Sàuce. Serve with noodles or rice.

To màke the orànge sàuce

Begin by àdding the gàrlic ànd oil to à medium sàucepàn over medium low heàt.
Sàuté for à couple of minutes until the gàrlic is softened but not browned, then àdd the remàining ingredients except the wàter ànd corn stàrch.
Simmer together slowly for ..................................................................................................
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