Skinny Orange Chicken Recipe Gimme Some Oven. Easy. 20 mins. Happy New Years, everyone I hope that your 2. And hopefully, a delicious and healthy start So for all of you new years resolution folks who are out there scanning the world wide webosphere looking for lighter recipes after a holiday season full of sweets, youve come to the right place. Because I am dedicating the entire month of January this year to sharing healthy recipes with you. Juicy and tasty chicken with orange flavor. This recipe is the result of combination and remixing of recipes 388855 and 309422. Excellent recipe Weve made many orange chicken recipes that claim to be Panda Express copycats. This one doesnt claim to be anything but orange chicken its the. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Place. Sprinkle soup mix over chicken and add orange juice. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour basting often. This tasty Skinny Orange Chicken recipe is made with a heavenly orange chicken sauce, but without all of the calories of the fried restaurantstyle version. I made this Orange Chicken on my Food Network show a few weeks ago, and I just realized yesterday that Id never shared the recipe here on my totes cray recipe blog. CrockPot-Orange-Chicken.jpg' alt='Orange Chicken Recipe' title='Orange Chicken Recipe' />And I am stoked to kick things off with a lightened up Chinese food classic Skinny Orange Chicken. This version packs all of the amazing sweet and savory orange flavor of the restaurant style version, but with only a fraction of the calories and fat. And it is naturally sweetened with honey. And it can be served over rice or my favorite quinoa. And it can be made in just 2. Interested  You should be. The main key to lightening up this restaurant classic is that we simply saute the chicken instead of fry it. The chicken is sauteed until golden and drenched in an orange chicken sauce anyway, so I guarantee you wont even miss the frying Plus, it saves us lots of unnecessary fat and calories in an already delicious dish. And as I said, this skinny orange chicken recipe can literally be made in about 2. So heres what you need to make it happen. First, begin by cutting your chicken breasts into bite sized pieces. Mine were roughly 1 inch cubed. Then season them with lots of salt and pepper for extra flavor. Next, we make the rockstar of this recipe the orange chicken sauce. This sauce really could not be simpler. Simply whisk all of the ingredients together along with some cornstarch for thickening, and youre ready to go. Chicken Sauce.  Done. Next, saute the chicken in some olive oil until it is nearly cooked through. Be sure to let it rest in the pan a bit while cooking so that the sides can get nice and browned. Then pour in the sauce, which should come to a boil within a minute or so. Let it boil for about 1 2 minutes, or until its nice and thickened. Then top the chicken with some extra orange zest, green onions and toasted sesame seeds, and youre good to go If you want to go the traditional route, you can serve this orange chicken recipe over rice. But Im a big fan of eating stir fry recipes with quinoa. So I whipped up a quick batch for this recipe, made as always with chicken broth for extra flavor. I mean, really, just look at that gorgeous dish So much great flavor, and so little unnecessary fat and calories from frying the chicken. Im pretty positive that even your friends or family members who usually prefer the fried version will go poco loco over this dish. Stay tuned for more healthy recipes to come this month on Gimme Some Oven. And cheers to a great 2. Yield About 4 6 servings. This homemade orange chicken recipe comes together in just 2. Pie Apple. And healthier than the restaurant versionTotal Time 2. Prep Time 1. 0 mins. Cook Time 1. 0 mins. Ingredients Orange Chicken Ingredients 2 lb. Tbsp. olive oilorange chicken sauce ingredients belowtoppings thinly sliced green onions, toasted sesame seeds, orange zest. Orange Chicken Sauce Ingredients 3 cloves garlic, minced. Tbsp. cornstarch. Optional Quinoa Ingredients1 cup dry quinoa. Directions To Make The Orange Chicken Season chicken generously with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large saute pan over medium high heat. Add chicken and saute for about 4 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is browned and nearly cooked through. Pour in the orange chicken sauce, and stir to combine. Let the sauce come to a boil, then boil for an additional minute or two until thickened. Remove from heat and serve immediately over quinoa or rice. Garnish with green onions, sesame seeds and additional orange zest. To Make The Orange Chicken Sauce Whisk all ingredients together until combined. If you would like the sauce to be even sweeter, add an extra 2 4 tablespoons of honey. To Make The Quinoa You can see my step by step photo tutorial for how to cook quinoa here http www. Difficulty Easy. Ingredients chicken, chicken broth, cornstarch, crushed red pepper flakes, garlic, ginger, honey, orange juice, orange zest, quinoa, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce. All images and text Gimme Some Oven. If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it gimmesomeoven. Id love to see what you cook Be sure to also check out these related recipes How To Cook Quinoa A Step By Step TutorialSesame Chicken with Quinoa. Lighter Chinese Chicken Salad.