This is a healthier and simpler spin on Orange Chicken. Many times Orange chicken is coated in flour and egg but this recipe doesn’t require any of those ingredients.
Ingredients
Chicken breasts (especially chicken breast tenders)
Seasoning of choice
Salt & Black pepper
Orange juice
Soy sauce or Coconut liquid aminos
Sugar, Coconut sugar or honey
Cornstarch or Arrowroot starch
Grated ginger or Ginger powder
Instructions:
Cut chicken into cubes and season it. Add marinade mixture (Orange juice, sweetener of choice (1/2 tbsp), soy sauce or coconut aminos, ginger and 1 tbsp of cornstarch. Marinate for 1 -2 hours or overnight.
To make the sauce, combine orange juice, soy sauce, cornstarch, ginger powder, sweetener of choice (1/2 tbsp).
Heat up your frying pan, add oil of choice, let it heat up and add chicken. Let cook for 4 mins per side.
Remove chicken from pan . Add Orange sauce mixture and stir until it thickens . Add chicken back to pan and allow it to simmer in the sauce for a few more minutes.
Enjoy with rice and broccoli/cauliflower or vegetable of choice.
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Nutritional facts:
Protein: Chicken breast (1 palm 0r 3-4 ozs) = 26-30 g. Rice = 3 g, Cauliflower: 4g
Fiber: White rice (1 fist or ¾ cup cooked) = 1 g. Cauliflower (2 handfuls) = 4 g
Total Protein: 30 - 36 g, Total Fiber: 5 g
Amp up the fiber count by swapping white rice with brown rice. ¾ cup brown rice= 3g. Also add nuts, seeds or beans to increase fiber count.