Mandarin Orange Chicken
 
 
Ingredients
  • Chicken, boneless, cubed or use fillet- 1 pound
  • Ground pepper- ¼ tsp
  • Ginger-Garlic paste- 1 tsp
  • Salt- to taste
  • Mandarin orange, canned, drained- 1 can
  • Olive oil- 1 tbsp
  • Whole dry red chili- 2
  • Ginger, minced- 1 tsp
  • Garlic, minced- 1 tsp
  • Green onions, chopped- 2 stalks
  • Chicken stock, low sodium- ½ cup ( use chilled chicken stock)
  • Soy sauce, low sodium- 2 tbsp
  • Corn starch- ½ tbsp
Instructions
  1. Combine chicken along with ground pepper, ginger-garlic paste and salt.
  2. Cook the chicken in a saucepan after covering the pan with its lid.
  3. When the chicken turns tender and the water has dried up, remove from the heat.
  4. In a small bowl, combine chicken stock, soy sauce and corn starch. Dissolve the corn starch in the chilled chicken stock, keep aside.
  5. In the same sauce pan, add olive oil, put dry red chili, minced ginger and garlic into the oil, saute till it starts to turn light golden in color.
  6. Add the green onions and saute for a minute.
  7. Put the cooked chicken into the pan, stir fry it for a few minutes till it turns light golden brown in color.
  8. Add the mandarin orange and gently combine it to the chicken.
  9. Pour the chicken stock mixture and let the sauce start to thicken.
  10. You could have the orange mashed up or if you prefer to have it like segments, then avoid cooking it for too long.
  11. If you want you could add little more ground pepper.
  12. Serve this Mandarin chicken along with rice or on top of your favorite salad greens.
Notes
You could use the chicken fillet instead of diced chicken.
Prepare the sauce separately and pour it over the cooked chicken fillet.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Wholesome Homemade Recipes at https://thasneen.com/cooking/mandarin-orange-chicken/