Spicy Orange Chicken

I would say we have stir-fry about once a week. It's a good way to get rid of the lonely vegetables in the fridge. More often than not, it's vegetarian. Sometimes there's peanuts, sometimes there's tofu. Once in a while, there's chicken.

Things were looking up for this most recent stir-fry as there were sweet peppers, chicken, carrots, broccoli and snap-peas in the fridge. I've tried a million different recipes for stir-fry sauce and I'm always looking for more. I found this great resource that has some very simple recipes. Turns out we had everything for the Spicy Orange Sauce:

Spicy Orange Stir-Fry Sauce

3/4 cup orange juice
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 tsp. finely grated orange peel
1/2 tsp. minced ginger
1 tsp. sesame oil
Large pinch of dried crushed red pepper, or to taste

My Review: This sauce was great! The recipe made quite a bit, so either cut it in half for just 2 people or make sure you have lots of rice to soak up the sauce.  The orange was not overwhelming and the cornstarch made it nice and thick.

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I would say we have stir-fry about once a week. It's a good way to get rid of the lonely vegetables in the fridge. More often than not, it's vegetarian. Sometimes there's peanuts, sometimes there's tofu. Once in a while, there's chicken.

Things were looking up for this most recent stir-fry as there were sweet peppers, chicken, carrots, broccoli and snap-peas in the fridge. I've tried a million different recipes for stir-fry sauce and I'm always looking for more. I found this great resource that has some very simple recipes. Turns out we had everything for the Spicy Orange Sauce:

Spicy Orange Stir-Fry Sauce

3/4 cup orange juice
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 tsp. finely grated orange peel
1/2 tsp. minced ginger
1 tsp. sesame oil
Large pinch of dried crushed red pepper, or to taste

My Review: This sauce was great! The recipe made quite a bit, so either cut it in half for just 2 people or make sure you have lots of rice to soak up the sauce.  The orange was not overwhelming and the cornstarch made it nice and thick.