Healthy Orange Chicken with Gravy
When it comes to eating chicken during pregnancy, different people would suggest many different recipes. But how healthy are they for would-be-mums and their unborn babies? After all, you cannot eat too spicy these days when you are carrying a baby inside you. But at the same time, this vulnerable phase of life also asks for some good taste to satisfy pregnancy cravings. With that said, here's a delicious chicken recipe for your pregnancy days you may try out.
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp orange juice
- 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp rice vinegar
- 1 and 1/2 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp orange zest grated
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 inch ginger roots minced
- 1/2 tsp garlic minced
- 1 tbsp green onion chopped
- 1 and 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp water
- 400 gms chicken breasts boneless, skinless
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt as per taste
- black pepper powder as per taste
Instructions
- Pour water, lemon juice, orange juice, and rice vinegar, and soy sauce into a saucepan.
- Heat the ingredients over a medium flame.
- Now, add orange zest along with brown sugar, ginger, garlic, and chopped onion.
- Stir well and bring it to a boil.
- Once it becomes a thick sauce, turn off the flame.
- Let it cool for 15 minutes.
- Now, wash the chicken breasts well. Cut into small pieces.
- Place the chicken into a large bowl and pour half of the sauce into it.
- Mix it well and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- In another bowl, mix the flour, salt, and black pepper powder.
- Take out the marinated chicken from the refrigerator and coat them with the flour mix.
- Heat olive oil in a pan.
- Keep the heat on a medium flame. Place the flour-coated chicken pieces in the oil.
- Fry them until they are brown on both sides.
- Take them out on paper towels to soak the extra oil.
- Now, pour the remaining sauce into a pan and add cornstarch.
- Add water as per your desired consistency.
- Stir well. Add salt and black pepper as per your taste.
- After stirring for 5-10 minutes. add the chicken pieces to the sauce.
- Reduce the heat to a low flame and cook for 10 minutes.
- Turn off the flame and close the lid. Keep it aside for 5-10 minutes.
- Serve with orange zest dressings.
Nutrition
Calories: 445kcal
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