Air fryer orange chicken
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Ingredients
Method
Techniques
- chicken breast
- salt
- pepper
- cornstarch
Cut the chicken breast into roughly equal pieces, coat with salt and pepper, then toss in cornstarch.
Coating and air frying the chicken
- spray
Heat the air fryer to 400 (390 or 375, whatever it reaches). Spray the basket, shake excess cornstarch off the chicken, spread it out and spray the top.
- zest
- rice vinegar
- soy paste
For the sauce, start with orange juice in a hot pan, then add orange zest, rice vinegar and a little soy paste, then the rest of the orange juice, about half a cup in all.
Making the orange sauce
- ½ cup orange juice
- garlic
- chopped ginger
- red pepper flake
- white sugar
Add garlic, chopped ginger and a pinch of red pepper flake, then sugar; stir to dissolve and let it bubble a couple of minutes.
- water
Thicken with a little cornstarch mixed with water until sticky; take off the heat and warm again just before tossing.