Spicy Orange Chicken Broccoli Recipe with Rice
Spicy orange chicken broccoli and white rice is a fantastic meal for the whole family. Adults and children alike will love this for dinner. This recipe also makes a great meal for leftovers.
The chicken bites are lightly fried in a flour and cornstarch batter then tossed in a spicy orange glaze that is unique and amazing. You can alter the amount of heat you want in the sauce. I feed this meal to my kiddos so I keep spicy at a minimum. If you like hotter then you should taste the sauce after it has cook a bit and then add more crushed red pepper flakes.
You also don’t have to use broccoli for this recipe. Any vegetable that goes great with a Chinese type meal will work perfectly. I like to use whatever the vegetables come out of the garden and that
Cost to make recipe.
I have calculated this recipe to cost us about $9.05 for the entire meal or about $2.26 per serving size. The majority of the cost comes from the chicken and the vegetables. As homesteaders, our price comes closer to $5.67 or $1.42 per serving because we use homegrown vegetables and chili flakes.
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Spicy Orange Chicken Broccoli and Rice
Ingredients
Chicken
- 1 lb chicken, cubed…[$4.00]
- 1 cups all purpose flour, …[$0.23]
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch, …[$0.06]
Spicy Orange Sauce
- 1 cup orange juice, …[$0.41]
- 3 Tbsp orange marmalade, …[$0.18]
- ½ cup brown sugar, …[$0.24]
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce, …[$0.16]
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil, …[$0.02]
- ½ tsp chili flakes, …[$0.39]
- Salt and pepper to taste
Remainder Ingredients
- 3 cups broccoli, …[$3.00]
- 2 cups rice, …[$0.36]
- Oil
Instructions
Chicken
- In separate pots cook rice and broccoli accordingly. I like broccoli cooked until hot and soft. Also heat up a large skillet or pot with about ½ to 1 inch of oil on medium heat.
- Cut chicken breasts into bite size pieces and toss in a large bowl along with flour and cornstarch. Toss all the chicken pieces so they are coated properly.
- When the oil is hot, toss in all coated chicken pieces and cook until the chicken pieces are browned. Remove and set aside on paper towels to remove excess oil.
Spicy Orange Sauce
- In a medium size pot combine all spicy orange sauce ingredients together and heat up over medium heat. Keep over a low simmer for about 20 minutes.
- When the sauce has thickened and reduce slightly, toss the fried chicken bites into the sauce.
- Make plates up by adding cooked rice and broccoli and then top with sauced fried chicken bites. Enjoy hot.
Spicy Orange Chicken Broccoli and Rice
Ingredients
Chicken
- 1 lb chicken, cubed…[$4.00]
- 1 cups all purpose flour, …[$0.23]
- 2 tbsp cornstarch, …[$0.06]
Spicy Orange Sauce
- 1 cup orange juice, …[$0.41]
- 3 tbsp orange marmalade, …[$0.18]
- ½ cup brown sugar, …[$0.24]
- 2 tbsp soy sauce, …[$0.16]
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil, …[$0.02]
- ½ tsp chili flakes, …[$0.39]
- Salt and pepper to taste
Remainder Ingredients
- 3 cups broccoli, …[$3.00]
- 2 cups rice, …[$0.36]
- Oil
Instructions
Chicken
- In separate pots cook rice and broccoli accordingly. I like broccoli cooked until hot and soft.
Also heat up a large skillet or pot with about ½ to 1 inch of oil on medium heat. - Cut chicken breasts into bite size pieces and toss in a large bowl along with flour and cornstarch. Toss all the chicken pieces so they are coated properly.
- When the oil is hot, toss in all coated chicken pieces and cook until the chicken pieces are browned. Remove and set aside on paper towels to remove excess oil.
Spicy Orange Sauce
- In a medium size pot combine all spicy orange sauce ingredients together and heat up over medium heat. Keep over a low simmer for about 20 minutes.
- When the sauce has thickened and reduce slightly, toss the fried chicken bites into the sauce.
- Make plates up by adding cooked rice and broccoli and then top with sauced fried chicken bites. Enjoy hot.