

The sauce is made up from the zest of half an orange, juice of two oranges, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, sugar (to counteract the acidity in the orange juice and zest), and rice vinegar - to add a little zing.The batter is made from a mixture of flour, egg, garlic salt, salt, pepper and water - which results in a lovely light batter.They'll initially be coated in cornflour (cornstarch) to help the batter adhere to the chicken. Chicken thighs - which are a little more tender than breast meat, and stand up well to cooking over a high heat without drying out.So until Panda Express makes it over the water (and probably even after it it does!), I'm going to continue to cook up my own copycat Panda Express orange chicken! Here's what you'll need: I remember it well from our US holidays though and I felt I had to recreate it at home.Īfter lots of testing, I've finally perfected the recipe! I can see why it's one of the most popular dishes on the Panda Express menu!īeing in the UK, we don't actually have Panda Express, and you rarely see Orange Chicken featured on the menus of our Chinese restaurants. It's easy to make at home, and will be ready for your family in 20 minutes! No need to go out and get that takeaway - the kids are going to be waiting at the table, forks ready to devour the lot! Chinese Orange Chicken
#ORANGE CHICKEN PANDA EXPRESS HOW TO#
I'm going to show you how to get succulent crispy chicken pieces and plenty of that delicious orange sauce. My Chinese Orange Chicken is sticky, sweet and tangy.
