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  1. 5 stars
    Really enjoyed this recipe! I’ve never had much success breading and frying (starts out fine, but I have burnt bits in the oil by the last batch). This baking technique was much easier. And once the sauce is added, it is indistinguishable from restaurant orange chicken. Better, even.

  2. Thanks for sub for siracha &mirin was a little puzzled,now I can try this dish tonight.Do you have recipe for Jamaican jerk chicken?

  3. I realize this is years old now, but I am on the hunt for *the* perfect orange chicken recipe, and though I haven’t tried it yet, this one looks like a contender to me! Just curious, have you ever tried this one with chicken thigh meat instead of breast? I find that it has so much more flavor, and doesn’t tend to dry out in cooking like the breast meat does. And even if all you can find are bone-in, skin-on thighs, it’s really simple to pull off the skin and fat, and flip it over and cut slits along that bone and pull it out of there. The bone-in, skin-on are usually cheaper, too, and you can put the skin and bone in your “soup makings” bag in the freezer. ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. I haven’t tried it with thigh meat before. Sounds juicy and delish though. Any chicken pieces will work. Give it a shot and let me know how it turns out. ~heather

  4. Hi, I made it yesterday and everyone liked it very much. I squeezed about 6 or 8 oranges to get the orange juice I needed – do you think I could buy orange juice and use that just as well?

  5. I’ll be making this tomorrow for the husband & my lunch… The only changes I’ll be making is using whole wheat pano, whole wheat white flour and Splenda brown sugar blend (only 3 teaspoons) to keep the counts down… Thank you for the base recipe…

  6. I’m gonna try make this tomorrow. I visited America on holiday and I tried orange chicken at panda express and I really liked the taste. Can’t wait to try this out tomorrow! I’ll post pics of how it went

  7. As a diabetic I have to be keenly aware of both carbs and sodium levels, however I don’t see a link to the nutritional information. Any way to obtain such?

  8. Will be sriracha make this recipe spicy? My kids love orange chicken but they dont like spicy so I am not sure if its a good idea to add that. However, I am afraid that the flavor might be affected if I eliminate that.

    1. You do not have to add the sriracha sauce. If u just add the smallest dab….it won’t come out spicy though.

  9. What did you sub the vinegar for? The mirin? I looked it up and it’s like a sweet wine. The suggestions for subs were a dry sherry or a sweet marsala. Certainly not apple cider vinegar. It was totally change the taste.

    1. You really don’t want to sub mirin for anything, to be honest. I do a LOT of asian cooking. It’s very easy to find and will be at most any grocery store in the asian foods section. Look for a yellow bottle. It’s cheap too. ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. Mirin is a specific cooking rice wine and most grocery store will have the stuff, even walmart. Look for a yellow bottle in the asian food section. It’s used in a LOT of asian cooking and a staple ingredient as much as soy sauce. You’ll fine sriracha there as well. Red bottle, has a rooster on it. Sriracha is an asian hot sauce that is their version of frank’s red hot. Good stuff. Not SUPER hot, but has a nice kick.

  10. Made this tonight and it is so delicious. I used apple cider vinegar and it was fine. It tastes nothing like Panda Express, it is much much better. Fresh tasting. I had some leftover put it in fridge and can’t leave it alone.

    1. So glad you liked it. It’s a staple recipe in our house. So easy to make and way better for you than driving to the Panda place. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Thanks for commenting!! ~heather

  11. I will be making this tonight. I have been wanting to make this for a while. Marnely R-Murray is my best friend and she told me all about you. Love your blog! Hope to meet you one day!

  12. Made this for dinner tonight – was delicious!! I used apple cider vinegar in place of the Mirin. Next time, I will put less Sriracha. It was too spicy for my 6 year old. Will definitely make again…and again…

  13. Yuuum!! Made this for dinner and the flavor was delicious!! It was a bit tooo spicy for my lil ones and I had only added 1/2 the sirracha so next time I will add even less but either way it’s yuuuum!

  14. Made this earlier in the week, and oh my goodness, soo good!! So thankful I live alone so I get all the leftovers ๐Ÿ™‚
    Great recipe!

    1. You could sub distilled.ehite vinegar, apple vinegar.or even Kombucha. The mirin adds acid, which is what gives the sauce some zing. of the 3 I would definitely try the apple.cider vinegar. Let me know how it goes.

      Heather

  15. This recipe looks so delicious….I will be making this….used to go to Panda Express when I lived in MICH. and now they do not have one here where I live now….

    BTW, would you have a recipe for chicken fried rice…..this is my favorite chinese food….I have made it several times, using different recipes and it is just NO good !!!! I am hoping you have a recipe that I can try…..still looking for that special one….sure hope you have it…
    Just found your blog, and already I am loving it….the picture of this Orange Chicken is great and really makes me want to make it, which I will…..thanks for posting this…..

    1. I wish I did Mona!! I love a good chicken fried rice. I will look into creating that recipe. Thanks for popping in and commenting on the Orange Chicken. ๐Ÿ™‚

    2. You can youtube recipies allso, esp for things that are difficult to do like fried rice and eggdrop soup.. i learned how to make pot stickeres on youtube..soso easy!

  16. This is the second time I have made the dish and it has become a family favorite. My 2 yr old gobbles it up without a fuss! Thanks for a great recipe and I am now a new follower

    1. I’m so glad you like it Kristina! I need to make it again soon too. My kids love Panda Express orange chicken, so this is a great (healthier) compromise to eating out. Thanks for your comment and making my day!! ๐Ÿ™‚ ~Heather

  17. This was one of the best meals I’ve made in a while. I made it last night and husband already asked for it again next week. Perfectly spicy (i.e., he didn’t need extra Sriracha for once!) and delicious.

    I’d recommend making the splurge and buying Mirin, since I have found that I use it quite frequently now.

    1. Thank you so much for coming back to leave a review and I’m elated that you enjoyed this recipe. I love hearing successes and appreciate your comment very much. Actually you made my day!! Thank you! Heather

  18. The two ingredients below the brown sugar..mirin and sirachan………could something be substituted for those? It’s hard to buy something you rarely use and then it goes bad before you use it again
    thank you

    1. you could use white wine and a little white vinegar instead of mirin and for the Sriracha and type of hot sauce like Tabasco would work. I hope that helps. ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks for stopping by. ~Heather

      1. Thank you for the suggested substitutions. Had no idea what Sriracha and Mirin were. I’m sure this is delicious!!! Janet

      2. I used crushed red pepper instead of Sriaracha and it was perfect! Thank you for a fabulous recipe!!!

    2. Try the siracha you can put it on almost anything especially asian foods or tacos/mexican food before you know it you’ll use it like ketchup

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