Oven Baked Orange Chicken

This Oven Baked Orange Chicken is everything you love about takeout! It's sticky, sweet, citrusy, and savory, but made right at home in your own oven. It’s coated in an orange glaze, baked (not fried!), and made with simple ingredients you probably already have.

📝 Ingredients

• 2 pounds chicken breast
• 3 tablespoons corn starch
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 orange (zest of)
• 1 tablespoon minced ginger
• 3 cloves garlic (minced)
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat the oven to 350˚F.
2. 2Cut chicken into even bite-sized pieces, about 1 inch big. Stir the sesame oil into the chicken bites. Then toss the pieces with cornstarch, garlic powder, salt, and pepper until evenly coated.
3. 3Transfer the chicken pieces to a large casserole dish and spread them into a single layer. Bake for 10 minutes.
4. 4While they bake, make the orange sauce by whisking together soy sauce, orange juice, brown sugar, orange juice, ginger, garlic, pepper flakes and cornstarch in a sauce pan.
5. 5Bring the sauce pan to a simmer over medium heat until it starts to thicken, then remove from heat.
6. 6Once the timer goes off, pour the orange sauce over the chicken, then toss to coat in the sauce. Return to the oven for 4-6 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through (165˚F.)
7. 7Remove from oven and garnish with green onions if desired. Serve warm with rice.