Friday, April 25, 2008

Orange Chicken

4 raw chicken breasts-cut up
1 egg
1 cup corn starch
1/2 cup oil
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup ketchup
1 cup vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 cups uncooked rice
4 cups water

Dip chicken pieces into egg and then into cornstarch. Cook battered chicken in oil until done. Drain onto a paper towel and discard oil. In a large bowl combine sugar, ketchup, vinegar, soy sauce and garlic powder; mix well. Pour sauce mixture into pan with cooked, battered chicken and simmer for 15-20 minutes. Combine rice and water in a medium pan; bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve sauce over rice.

4 comments:

April said...

Mel-
This looks just like one of my favorite chinese dishes. I'm definitely going to try it!

p.s. can you post your banana bread recipe, I'm looking for a new one.

April

Deborah said...

I made this today, since I had all the ingredients. It was delicious and is a new favorite at our house. Thanks for a great recipe.

Deborah said...

We had this for dinner tonight and it was fabulous. It tastes a lot like sweet and sour chicken. Anyway it was super good and pretty easy to make. Thanks Mel!

Anna said...

Made this recently...giant thumbs up.