If you love take-out then you are going to love this Easy Orange Chicken. Some take-out duplicates can call for lots of ingredients you don’t have. I made my orange with just easy three ingredients! Yep, just three!! You can also find a recipe video at the end of the blog post!
Easy Orange Chicken with Marmalade:
I really enjoy cooking and creating meals for my family, so I don’t order take-out a lot. My husband loves Chinese inspired food so this was a favorite for sure.
You know I’m not going to give you a recipe with a long list of ingredients that you can’t get at your local grocery store.
The orange sauce for this recipe only has 3 super simple ingredients. After you make your easy orange chicken, grab a movie, and have a date night in! I also included a recipe video for you!
How to make Easy Orange Chicken:
Step one: Start by preparing your sauce. Using a small saucepan add BBQ sauce, orange marmalade, and soy sauce.
Whisk together and allow to cook on a simmer. While your sauce simmers get your chicken started.
Step two: Now dice your chicken breast into bite-size pieces. and prepare your skillet by heating it on medium heat and add oil.
Whisk egg together in place in a bowl. Wash chicken pieces in egg wash and then coat with flour. Add chicken to warm oiled skillet.
Step three: Allow chicken to cook for 3-4 minutes before turning over. Turn and cook until both sides are crispy.
Step four: Add chicken to a large mixing bowl and pour orange sauce over cooked chicken. Use tongs to toss and coat the chicken.
What is a good side dish for orange chicken?
We usually serve this recipe over rice with our favorite vegetable. Here are a few more of my favorite side dishes to serve with this chicken.
How to make orange chicken in the slow cooker:
I have this recipe in the slow cooker and it was so simple. You can find the ingredients and instructions here, Slow Cooker Orange Chicken.
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3 Ingredient, easy to make orange chicken
- 1 cup bbq sauce
- 1 cup sweet orange marmalade
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 chicken breast (boneless and skinless)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- 6 tbsp olive oil
In a small saucepan start your orange chicken sauce. Add BBQ sauce, orange marmalade, and soy sauce. Whisk together and allow to cook on a simmer. While your sauce simmers get your chicken started.
Dice chicken breast into bite-size pieces. Heat a large skillet on medium heat and add oil. Whisk egg together in place in a bowl. Wash chicken pieces in egg wash and then coat with flour. Add chicken to warm oiled skillet.
- Allow chicken to cook for 3-4 minutes before turning over. Turn and cook until both sides are crispy.
- Add chicken to a large mixing bowl and pour orange sauce over cooked chicken. Use tongs to toss and coat the chicken.
- I served mine with rice
Recipe Video
What is a good side dish for orange chicken?
We usually serve this recipe over rice with our favorite vegetable. Here are a few more of my favorite side dishes to serve with this chicken.
How to make orange chicken in the slow cooker:
I have this recipe in the slow cooker and it was so simple. You can find the ingredients and instructions here, Slow Cooker Orange Chicken.
We very much enjoyed this. I added some red pepper flakes to add some heat, replaced 1/4 c of the flour with 1/4 cornstarch…it stays crunchier. We also added some sautéed sliced jalapeños as a garnish. Next time I might slightly back off the barbecue sauce, but it was still delicious! We enjoyed every bite. Also, whenever I make rice, I put a grated carrot in it toward the end to amp up the nutrients. It made this dish even prettier.
This is basocally the same recipe I use but with maybe half that amount of bbq sauce….sooo yummy
I have not tried this in the air fryer but hopefully someone has and can give you some insight.
Hello, I can’t wait to try this! Has anyone used an air fryer?
Loved this recipe! Thanks for sharing it with us.
That is awesome! My dad can not have gluten and I bet he would love this, will have to try it for him!! Thanks Laura-Lee and I’m so happy you loved it so much.
I used arrowroot starch/flour and tamari to replace soy sauce to make it gluten free and LOVED it! My husband said it was a keeper and forwarded it to my family. Thank you for adding a great recipe to my limited alergy restricted diet.
For me, the sauce tasted too much like bbq rather than orange chicken.
Was ok. Way way to much bbq. Next time will not put any bbq.
Could be the the BBQ sauce. I would try another one with a lower sugar that might help. Its one of my favorites so I hope it works out!!
This was good but so sweet! Maybe the BBQ sauce I used?
I think chicken thighs could work. You would want to make sure they are boneless so you can cut them into bite size pieces and then follow the directions. Hope you enjoy it Beverly this is one of my favorite recipes!
Can I use chicken thighs. They are not as dry as breast meat.
I love that idea! My dad is gluten free and I will have to try this with coconut flour for him! I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe!!
Tried this recipe for the first time last week and the whole family really enjoyed it! But instead of regular (or even rice) flour, I used coconut flour (gluten free as well). Making it again today. Thanks for the recipe!!!
That is a great idea!! Perfect when you are in a hurry and I am so going to try it with chicken nuggets! Glad you liked it Rose!
I use store chicken nuggets. Cook them in the oven. Made the sauce. Then add the chicken to the sauce. Great it was so good.