Mandarin Chicken

This mandarin chicken is sweet, sour, slightly spicy, savory and delicious! It’s made from mandarin or clementine oranges, fresh garlic and ginger and gets a kick from sriracha. I love a good sweet and sour dish.

Have you ever had a bag of clementines or mandarin oranges that no one quite got to in time, so they are sill good but maybe look a little less appealing. I have and that is what inspired this mandarin chicken. You can of course use fresh and juicy clementines too and it will taste delicious!

What you need to make mandarin chicken:

serves 6

For the Mandarin Orange Sauce:

• 7 mandarin or clementine oranges – peeled
• 1 teaspoon mandarin zest
• 1 cup water
• 6 cloves garlic – diced
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger or 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/3 cup white vinegar
• 1 tablespoon Sriracha
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

For the chicken and garnish:

• 2 pounds chicken breast – diced
• 1/2 cup corn starch
• Sprinkle of salt
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 4 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup green onions – diced

Instructions for the mandarin sauce:

1. In a large sauce pan, add peeled Mandarins, zest, water, garlic, grated ginger, sugar, salt and soy sauce and bring mixture to a boil.
2. Press down on the Mandarins so the juices are released.
3. Once at a boil, remove orange peel and reduce to a simmer. Cook for 5 minutes or until oranges release there juice.
4. Add vinegar and sriracha and stir.
5. Use a fine mesh strainer to strain the juice and sauce from the oranges.
6. Return the juice portion to the pot.
7. In another bowl, make a slurry with cornstarch and water
8. Bring to a boil and whisk in the cornstarch slurry.
9. Once it thickens slightly remove from heat and set aside.

Instructions for chicken:

1. Toss diced chicken breasts in cornstarch and salt and set aside.
2. In a frying pan, add sesame oil and vegetable oil and heat to high heat.
3. Add chicken chunks and shallow fry them until cooked.
4. Place on a paper towel.
5. Toss chicken in Mandarin sauce and top with diced green onions.
6. Serve over rice.

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Mardrain Chicken

Flavorful and delicious mandarin chicken.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time30 minutes mins

Course: Dinner, Main Dish

Cuisine: Dinner, Sauce

Keyword: 30 minute, Chicken, Dinner, Easy Recipes, sauce, Weekend Dinner, Weeknight Dinner

Servings: 6 people

Ingredients

• For mandarin sauce:
• 7 mandarin or clementine oranges - peeled
• 1 teaspoon mandarin zest
• 1 cup water
• 6 cloves garlic - diced
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger or 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2/3 cup Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/3 cup White vinegar
• 1 tablespoon Sriracha
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
• For the chicken:
• 2 pounds chicken breast - diced
• 1/2 cup Corn Starch
• Sprinkle of salt
• 2 tablespoons Sesame Oil
• 4 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
• 1 cup Green Onions - diced 

Instructions

• In a large sauce pan, add peeled Mandarins, zest, water, garlic, grated ginger, sugar, salt and soy sauce and bring mixture to a boil.
• Press down on the Mandarins so the juices are released.
• Once at a boil, remove orange peel and reduce to a simmer. Cook for 5 minutes or until oranges release there juice.
• Add vinegar and sriracha and stir.
• Use a fine mesh strainer to strain the juice and sauce from the oranges.
• Return the juice portion to the pot.
• In another bowl, make a slurry with cornstarch and water
• Bring to a boil and whisk in the cornstarch slurry.
• Once it thickens slightly remove from heat and set aside.
• Instructions to make chicken and garnish:
• Toss diced chicken breasts in cornstarch and salt and set aside.
• In a frying pan, add sesame oil and vegetable oil and heat to high heat.
• Add chicken chunks and shallow fry them until cooked.
• Place on a paper towel.
• Toss chicken in Mandarin sauce and top with diced green onions.
• Serve over rice.