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
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!
You are going to want to start with breading your chicken pieces. Place your diced chicken in an egg wash then flour. Place in a warm skillet with some oil and start cooking.
While you chicken starts to cook get your orange sauce ready. All you need is BBQ sauce, orange marmalade, and soy sauce. Whisk it together and allow to cook on low. Make sure to watch the recipe video on the next page!
I love the crispy chicken under all that sauce. Feel free to skip breading if you don’t want to use flour. I cooked mine for a few minutes before turning and allowing to cook on the other side. Once you see the sides start to become crispy it’s a good time to flip.
Once your chicken is cooked I added to a large mixing bowl. I then poured the orange sauce onto the chicken and tossed it all with tongs.
Easy as can be just like I said! I made this easy orange chicken for a date night in at home. If you need something to serve it with try my recipe for Easy Fried Rice.
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- 1 cup BBQ sauce
- 1 cup Sweet orange marmalade
- 2 tbsp Soy sauce
- 3 Chicken breast boneless skinless
- 1 cup Flour all purpose
- 2 Egg
- 6 tbsp Olive oil
- In a small sauce pan 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
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Peg says
at 1:31 amThis is basocally the same recipe I use but with maybe half that amount of bbq sauce….sooo yummy
Jennie says
at 4:27 pmI have not tried this in the air fryer but hopefully someone has and can give you some insight.
Julie says
at 4:14 pmHello, I can’t wait to try this! Has anyone used an air fryer?
YvonneBold says
at 7:02 pmLoved this recipe! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Jennie says
at 8:47 pmThat 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.
Laura-Lee says
at 7:47 pmI 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.
Alyssa says
at 8:45 pmFor me, the sauce tasted too much like bbq rather than orange chicken.
Karan says
at 5:11 pmWas ok. Way way to much bbq. Next time will not put any bbq.
Jennie says
at 9:41 pmCould 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!!
Crystal says
at 9:32 pmThis was good but so sweet! Maybe the BBQ sauce I used?
Jennie says
at 9:57 pmI 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!
Beverly says
at 9:50 pmCan I use chicken thighs. They are not as dry as breast meat.
Jennie says
at 7:53 amI 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!!
Csilla says
at 4:06 amTried 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!!!
Jennie says
at 9:43 pmThat 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!
Rose says
at 7:14 pmI use store chicken nuggets. Cook them in the oven. Made the sauce. Then add the chicken to the sauce. Great it was so good.