Baked Orange Chicken Recipe (2024)

This delicious and simple Baked Orange Chicken, is the perfect dinner on a busy night. It is also the BEST Chinese food, I have had in a while. It tastes so fresh and delicious, you are going to love it. All the goodness of restaurant food, in the comforts of your own home.

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I have been on a big Chinese food kick lately. I recently made our Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken for dinner a few weeks ago and realized we had to try it with a zesty orange sauce.

This Baked Orange Chicken tastes just as good as take out and can be made in the comfort of your own home.

I love making restaurant food in sweats at home. It totally beats getting ready, getting everybody dressed, fighting to put on shoes with hungry kids, waiting for a table, then waiting to eat, and paying a giant tip at the end.

I think I may start making all the restaurant recipes at home, from here on out.

Want more orange taste?

This sauce does have a hint of orange to it, but if you are looking for more, we recommend using some real orange.

I love to get my zester, or use the small side of a cheese grater, and grate some orange peel over my chicken, for a little more orange flavor. It is delicious.

Could I deep fry this chicken?

You most definitely could deep fry the chicken, if you desire. I like to bake mine because fried food give me a little bit of a stomach ache, but you could most definitely fry, instead of bake, your chicken.

I will sometimes even skip the browning step, just because canola oil give me a little bit of a stomach ache.

What could I use in place of canola oil

If you are like me, you don’t love canola oil. It is great for cooking, however, it leave me feeling a little sick.

If you are looking to replace canola oil, I recommend using a light olive oil, or avocado oil.

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Serves: 6

Baked Orange Chicken Recipe

This delicious and simple Baked Orange Chicken, is the perfect dinner on a busy night. All the goodness of restaurant food, in the comforts of your own home.

Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Ingredients

Chicken

  • 4 boneless chicken breasts
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 ½ cups cornstarch
  • 3 eggs beaten
  • ¼ cup canola oil

Sauce

  • cup brown sugar
  • cup orange juice
  • ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons sriracha sauce
  • 3 Tablespoons white vinegar
  • 3 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

  • Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces and season with salt and pepper.

  • In separate bowls, place cornstarch and slightly beaten eggs. Dip chicken into cornstarch then coat in egg mixture.

  • Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook chicken until lightly browned.

  • Place the chicken in a 9 x 13-inch baking dish sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.

  • In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together brown sugar, orange juice, sriracha, apple cider vinegar, white vinegar, soy sauce, garlic salt, and cornstarch.

  • Pour over chicken and bake for 1 hour.

  • Serve over rice, if desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 481 kcal · Carbohydrates: 58 g · Protein: 19 g · Fat: 18 g · Saturated Fat: 3 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 130 mg · Sodium: 866 mg · Potassium: 311 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 26 g · Vitamin A: 239 IU · Vitamin C: 15 mg · Calcium: 48 mg · Iron: 2 mg

Equipment

  • Mixing bowls

  • 9x13-inch Baking Pan

  • Skillet

Recipe Details

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Asian

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  1. Peggy says:

    Looks super delicious. Orange sauce sounds yummy. I must make this for a workday lunch!

  2. Larissa says:

    Made this for dinner tonight and my entire family LOVED it!! That's rare!

  3. Cathie says:

    This is delicious, but I sure would like some details on the nutritional info.

  4. Cyd says:

    Hi Cathie. The nutritional info is all there. Just click on the MAGIC button under the picture. Then in the upper left corner you will see NUTRITION. Click on that and it will give you all of the nutritional information on this recipe.

  5. Kim says:

    So good, I just added zest of an orange when it was done cooking

  6. Stephanie says:

    Made this for dinner tonight. It was a hit. My entire family loved it, even my three year old. But she likes things with a kick. I carried out the recipe exactly as written except I added chili garlic sauce instead of sriracha because that is what we buy at our house. The only thing I did was stir it halfway through the oven time. I was worried that the sauce would not thicken but it did. At the end, it was the perfect consistency. I served it with white rice and broccoli. Delicious recipe!

  7. Bonnie Cramer says:

    It would be nice if there was a picture to go with the recipes. It encourages me to make it if I see what it looks like when I'm browsing through my recipes :)

  8. Cassie says:

    If you fry the chicken instead of baking how would you do the sauce? I know it thickens when you bake in the oven?

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