Sesame Orange Chicken
Delicious stir fry dinner in 25 minutes. Sesame Orange Chicken is coupled with green beans, onions and bell peppers.
- Prep Time10 min
- Cook Time15 min
- Total Time25 min
- Serves4
Ingredients
For The Sauce
- 2 TBS Soy Sauce
- 1/2 C Orange Juice
- 1 TBS Mirin
- 1 TBS Water
- 7 Cloves Minced Garlic
- 1/4 inch Ginger Root - grated
- 2 TBS Packed Brown Sugar
- 1 TBS All-Purpose Flour
For The Chicken
- 2 Large Chicken Breasts
- 1 TBS Sesame Oil
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp black pepper
- 3/4 tsp Garlic Powder
- 3/4 tsp Onion Powder
For The Vegetables
- 8 oz Fresh Green Beans
- 1 C Water
- 1 TBS Sesame Oil
- 1 Large Onion
- 1 Red Bell Pepper
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1.5 tsp Salt
- 3/4 tsp Black Pepper
Method
Prepare The Sauce
Add all of the sauce ingredients into a small pot. Stir together with a whisk to combine. Set aside.
Prepare The Vegetables
Prepare your green beans byt trimming the edges if needed, and cut them in half. Slice the onion and the bell pepper into long strips, and cut in half. Set aside.
Prep the Chicken
Dice up the chicken into bite sized cubes. Set aside
Heat a large pan or wok on high heat. Once hot, add the prepared green beans and 1 cup of water. Cover with a lid until soft (about 5-7 mins).
Prep the chicken
While your green beans are cooking, take another large pan and heat 1 TBS sesame oil on medium heat. Once hot add the chicken, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. Toss to combine and stirring only occasionally until cooked through. (About 10 minutes)
While your chicken is cooking and once your green beans are soft, add in the 1 TBS sesame oil, onion, bell pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper. Stir together on high heat for 2-3 minutes until softened. Next, pour cooked veggies into your serving dish.
Once the chicken is cooked through, add it to the vegetable mix.
Cook The Sauce
Take your prepared sauce pan and cook on high heat, whisking continually, until the mixture bubbles and thickens. about 1-2 minutes. Pour it over the chicken and vegetables. Give it a good mix and serve over rice!
Enjoy!
Sesame Orange Chicken - Video
Sesame Orange Chicken - Method
This Sesame Orange Chicken recipe was originally supposed to be a fried orange chicken meal. It was a busy day at home, I was way behind with everything that needed to get done with work and around the house. My husband had to leave in about 30 minutes to run an errand so I scrapped the orange chicken idea, as I knew breading and frying chicken would take way too long, and came up with this surprisingly AMAZING dish! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Prep, Prep, Prep!
The best advice I can give you about this meal is to prep all of your ingredients before you start cooking anything. It will save you! Everything cooks at about the same time, so preparing all of your ingredients will make this meal super pleasant to make. This is actually a French technique called Mise En Place – it means to “put in place” or to get organized. In the states we call it food prep.
Once all of your ingredients are prepped, it’s time to start cooking. Heat up two large pans. If you have a wok, I recommend using it here. The wok will be for your veggies, and it cooks at high heat. The other pan is for your chicken and will cook at medium heat. You’ll cook both of these ingredients simultaneously. This might sound like you’re patting your head and rubbing your tummy, but you don’t need to fuss with the chicken that much. Other than seasoning the chicken, I usually don’t touch it until after my stir fry veggies are all cooked.
Save the Sauce for Last
You really don’t need to heat up the sauce until the rest of the ingredients are cooked and done. The sauce needs your full attention, whisking continually so it doesn’t burn. It also only takes about 1 minute to cook which makes it an easy last step to do on it’s own. Once your sauce has bubbled and thickens up, pour it over your chicken and vegetable mix. Stir everything together and serve over rice.
Eloise Carlson
13 Apr 2022I always look forward to Wednesdays. I love your recipes they are all delicious. This weeks recipe is amazing. Thanks for your blog!