Wednesday, June 17, 2020

My son: Orange chicken recipe

 My son Ak Iyer makes a mean  Orange chicken which is better than that of "Panda Express " one 

Orange Chicken –

Take required amount of chicken and cut into pieces 3-4cm big

Put in a large bowl with cover

Add 1 egg, 1/4 cup flour, ½ cup cornstarch, 1tsp pepper, ½ tsp red chili powder, 1 tsp Ajinomoto, 2 tsp soy sauce, ½ tsp salt

Mix altogether in bowl until a paste is formed over the chicken for the breading. If too thick, add water, if too thin add more cornstarch. Cover and let sit for a minimum of 30 min but if you can do an hour or overnight the coating will bind better to the chicken.

For the sauce I usually just use the premade panda express sauce because it saves time but to make from scratch -

1 tbsp cornstarch, ¼ cup water, 1 tsp sesame oil, 3 tbsp. soy sauce, 7 tbsp. sugar, 5 tbsp. vinegar, zest or juice of 1 orange

Fry the c marinated chicken in oil for 3-5 min until it turns light brown, like bhajji oil needs to be hot enough for chicken to cook but not so hot that the outside breading cooks too fast.

Put sauce in separate wok and heat with 2-3 red chilies, you can optionally add ginger and garlic for taste. Then toss chicken in sauce until it is well coated.



His Chicken sixty five can easily compete and  win any Top Restaurant ones in Hyderabad

Chicken 65 –

The marinating for this is the same but different spices.

Cut chicken into 3-4 cm pieces and put in large bowl

Add 1 egg, ¼ cup flour, ½ cup cornstarch, 2 tsp garlic paste, 2 tsp ginger paste, 1 tsp red chili powder, 2tsp garam masala, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp coriander, 1tsp turmeric. Marinate for 30min or more.

Fry chicken and set aside. In another pan add some oil and fry 1 tsp garlic, ginger, and 5-6 curry leaves for 2 min, you can also add 1-2 cut green chilies if you want really spicy. Add ¾ cup yogurt and ½-1tsp red food coloring. Add fried chicken and toss until the water from the yogurt has evaporated and you have crispy but wet chicken.

As with any Indian recipe, andaaza matters, so if you prefer you can change the amounts of the spices within the marinade or number of curry leaves to suit your taste.


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