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 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 sauce 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 in a white bowel

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.

bbq sauce and jelly in a saucepan

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.

cooking chicken in a 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.

Easy Orange Chicken on rice

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.

Easy Orange Chicken with a fork

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Easy Orange Chicken in a white bowel
4.75 from 12 votes

Easy Orange Chicken

3 Ingredient, easy to make orange chicken
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
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Ingredients 

  • 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

Instructions 

  • 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

Video

Notes

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.ย 

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.ย 

Nutrition

Calories: 566kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 126mg | Sodium: 1007mg | Potassium: 603mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 48g | Vitamin A: 255IU | Vitamin C: 4.2mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 2.3mg
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48 Comments

  1. Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe. Actually made it yesterday for dinner, my family loved it. In fact my 11year old loved it so much she wanted to have more for breakfast before school but we didn’t have any leftovers. All three of my girls asked for it again tonight, they enjoyed it all over again. Read Derricks idea to use rice flour w/ tempura powder instead, will definitely try it next time. Again, thx for sharing.

    1. That’s awesome Ruby I’m so happy you and your family enjoyed the recipe!! I will have to take your girls idea and have it for breakfast one day =)

    1. Sorry for the confusion Lila!

      Ingredients
      BBQ sauce, 1 cup
      Sweet orange marmalade, 1 cup
      Soy sauce, 2 tbsp
      Chicken breast, boneless skinless, 3
      Flour, all purpose, 1 cup
      Egg, 2
      Olive oil, 4-6 tbsp

      Instructions
      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

    1. Sorry for the confusion Bobbi!

      Ingredients
      BBQ sauce, 1 cup
      Sweet orange marmalade, 1 cup
      Soy sauce, 2 tbsp
      Chicken breast, boneless skinless, 3
      Flour, all purpose, 1 cup
      Egg, 2
      Olive oil, 4-6 tbsp

      Instructions
      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

    1. Hi Hannah! Thanks so much for stopping by. This would serve 4-5 people. My husband and I with our two boys (who shared a serving) ate this for dinner and had left overs for him and I the next day. Hope you enjoy it!

  2. Great recipe. Instead of breading with regular flour I used rice flour with tempura powder 1:4 tempura to rice flour mix. Nice crunch and no breading.

    1. What a great idea Derick! This would also make it gluten free, perfect for my dad with celiac. Thanks!!

  3. I think you meant toss it with tongs and not thongs. Although I got a kick out of imagining it. I’m going to try this recipe!

    1. Oh man! This made me laugh out load! Changing this now so no ones tries tossing anything with a thong!! Thanks Lorie! I hope you enjoy the recipe.

  4. Oh my gosh, my husband is OBSESSED with Panda Express and would eat orange chicken every day if he could! I am printing this to surprise him with one of these days–it looks amazing!