This Orange Chicken Stir-Fry recipe is healthy, easy to make, and bursting with bright citrusy flavor. Ready to eat in just 20 minutes!
“>Stir-fry recipes are one of my absolute favorite meals to make on busy weeknights. They are full of fresh and nutritious ingredients and take no time to prepare. This recipe is a favorite in my house, because it is full of amazing orange flavor and makes a filling, well-balanced meal.
Tips for Making Orange Chicken Stir-Fry
- Be sure to have everything prepped before you being cooking. Stir-fry recipes cook very fast, so there’s no time to prepare ingredients once you start cooking. Having all your ingredients ready before you put anything in the pan will also help to ensure that nothing overcooks, because you want the chicken to be juicy and the vegetables to be tender-crisp.
- Make sure the oil is hot enough before the rest of your ingredients hit the pan. The oil should look shimmery and should flow easily when the pan is tilted. A quick readiness test is to add a drop of water to the oil. If it sizzles and evaporates on contact, you are ready to start stir-frying.
- Lastly, get your rice started in a separate saucepan before you begin stir-frying. That way the rice and stir-fry will finish cooking at the same time.
More Asian-Style Recipes to Try
For this Orange Chicken Stir-Fry recipe, I recommend
Jumbo Wok – A large wok like this one is ideal for cooking stir-fry. It is perfect for preparing family-size meals and the non-stick surface makes clean-up a breeze.
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Orange Chicken Stir-Fry
Ingredients
- 1 large orange, zested and juiced
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 2 bell peppers, thinly sliced
- 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Whisk together the orange juice, orange zest, soy sauce, honey and cornstarch in a small bowl. Set aside.
- In a large wok or skillet set over medium-high heat, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil. When the oil is hot, add the chicken, garlic and ginger and cook for about 3 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Transfer the chicken to a plate and set aside.
- Add the remaining tablespoon of oil to the skillet. Add the carrots and cook for about 3 minutes until slightly softened. Add bell peppers and stir-fry further for 2 - 3 minutes or until tender-crisp.
- Return chicken to skillet. Add the orange sauce and stir-fry until the sauce is thickened and the chicken and vegetables are well coated. Stir in green onions and serve with steamed rice.
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I am always trying to up my busy weeknight meal repertoire! I always find myself making the same few things on repeat! Gotta love the Chinese take-out fake-out faves for weeknights! This looks much less heavy and fried. YAY, for lightened up meals!
Hey Maria! Thanks so much! I have a few go-to dinner recipes that I make way more than others, so I am guilty of that as well! I try to avoid deep-frying as much I can, obviously because it is not healthy, but mainly because the idea of hot oil splashing scares the life out of me! Lol 🙂 Have a great week!!
I order the orange chicken everytime I go to Panda Express. I love all the vegetables in your orange chicken recipe because it makes it very healthy.
Hi Jenna! Thanks so much! ♡ I always try to add vegetables to dinner recipes whenever I can, to make everything more nutritious!
i’m not a huge fan of take out orange chicken. i love fried things but i don’t reaaaaaly need my chicken to be fried in orange chicken, and the sauce is so sweet. this sounds much more up my alley, especially with the fresh orange (:
Hello Heather! Yeah you can get as much flavor (and way less fat) without deep-frying. The fresh orange makes all the difference, you can really taste it in the stir fry. And yeah I only add a little bit of honey because I don’t like my dishes to be too sweet either! 🙂
That is such a great recipe!Love the addition of orange and
honey to the sauce!
Hi Deepika! Thanks so much!! ♡
Your version of orange chicken sounds so much better that those sticky overly sweet ones we get in the restaurants. I made something similar today, just no orange 🙂
Hi Kankana! Thank you! Yeah I like to make restaurant-style dishes myself, so that way I know exactly what goes into it! 🙂