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Panda Express Orange Flavored Chicken



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Post Thu, May 25 2017, 1:33 pm
Haven't tried this but should be close to the original and this dish is wildly popular from Panda Express.

Panda Express Orange Flavored Chicken

Excerpt From: Todd Wilbur. “Super Duper Totally Authorized Top Secret Recipes eBook: 450 of Todd's Amazing Original Recipes for Cloning America's Favorite Brand-Name Foods.”

This dish is similar to the traditional sweet and sour chicken served at Chinese restaurants. The popular chain cooks all of its food in woks, including sauces, but you can use a skillet or sauté pan over high heat if you don’t have a wok.
 
Sauce

1 ½ cups water
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/3 cup rice vinegar
2 ½ tablespoons soy sauce
¼ cup plus 1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon minced canned water chestnuts
½ teaspoon minced fresh ginger
¼ teaspoon minced garlic
1 rounded teaspoon chopped green onion
¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
5 teaspoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons arrowroot
3 tablespoons water
 
Chicken

4 skinless chicken breast fillets
1 cup ice water
1 egg
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups unsifted cake flour
 
2 to 4 cups vegetable oil
 
1. Combine all of the sauce ingredients -- except the cornstarch, arrowroot, and 3 tablespoons of water -- in a small saucepan over high heat. Stir often while bringing mixture to a boil. When sauce reaches a boil, remove it from heat and allow it to cool a bit, uncovered.

2. Slice chicken breasts into bite-size chunks. Remove exactly 1 cup of the marinade from the pan and pour it over the chicken in a large resealable plastic bag or other container which allows the chicken to be completely covered with the marinade. The chicken should marinate for at least a couple hours. Cover the remaining sauce and leave it to cool until the chicken is ready.

3. When chicken has marinated, preheat 2 inches of vegetable oil in a wok or skillet to 350 degrees F.

4. Combine cornstarch with arrowroot in a small bowl, then add 3 tablespoons of water. Stir until cornstarch and arrowroot have dissolved. Pour this mixture into the sauce and set the pan over high heat. When sauce begins to bubble and thicken, cover and remove it from heat.
5. Beat together the ice water and egg in a medium bowl. Add baking soda and salt.

6. Add ¾ cup of the flour and stir with a fork just until the flour in blended into the mixture. The batter should still be lumpy.

7. Sprinkle another ¼ cup of flour on top of the batter and mix with only one or two strokes. Most of the new flour will still be floating on top of the “mixture. Put the remaining flour (½ cup) into a separate medium bowl.

8. Dip each piece of chicken first into the flour, then into the batter. Let some of the batter drip off and then slide the chicken into the oil. Fry up to ½ of the chicken pieces at a time for 3 to 4 minutes, or until golden brown. Flip the chicken over halfway through the cooking time. Remove the chicken to a rack or paper towels to drain.

9. As the chicken cooks, reheat the sauce left covered on the stove. Stir occasionally.
10. When all of the chicken is done, pour it into a large bowl, and cover with the thickened sauce. Stir gently until all of the pieces are well coated.
 
Serves 4.
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