Easy Baked Chinese Orange Chicken
Aug 21, 2025 01:49 AM
This healthy oven baked orange chicken comes together faster than delivery or running to the nearest strip mall, and is way better for you.
Pretty much everyone knows and loves orange chicken, the dish upon which a panda empire was started.
While the Panda Express orange chicken isn’t all that authentic these days, a lot of people don’t know that it’s based on an actual Chinese dish. Orange chicken seems like it shouldn’t be terrible for you, but it’s pretty terrible: deep fried chicken and a high sugar sauce. This easy healthy version tastes every bit as good as the deep fried version and it’s not only way better for you, it’s more authentic too.
What is Chinese orange chicken?
This is a healthy, not-quite-copycat, more authentic version that you can feel good about eating every night if you want. It’s not deep fried, oily, or difficult, and it’s utterly, utterly delicious. A tangy, bright, and slightly sweet sauce comes together with lightly crispy chicken and forms something that’s far more than the sum of its 6 ingredients worth of parts.
Ingredients:
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs 1" cubed
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/4 cup orange juice about half an orange
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
Prep Time:
5 minutes
Cook Time:
30 minutes
Total Time:
35 minutes
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