My Orange Chicken Goodness *;)

So I've looked at orange chicken recipes and tried a few of them, and I liked them! BUUUUT. I wanted to make my own adjustments according to my personal taste. I WOULD post the recipe, but I honestly don't keep track of how much of something I put when I cook. I always improvise and adjust it. So I apologize if this isn't any help. But I will list what I used :) 

For the chicken:

- Bite size chicken breasts 

- All purpose flour (or whatever flour you prefer) 

- Salt

- Pepper 

- 1 Egg

Directions:

1) Put salt & pepper into bowl with flour and stir well. The amount depends on how much you want to season the chicken. 

2) Crack an egg in a bowl and whisk well.

3) Coat all the chicken pieces in the bowl of the cracked egg until well covered. 

*** You can skip this step if you prefer to pour the whisked egg in the bowl of flour ***

3) Coat all the chicken with the flour until well covered. 

4) Deep fry in 375 or oh medium-high heat until golden crisp. 

5) Remove from the oil and drain the excess oil on a paper towel or a wire rack. 

For the orange sauce:

- About 1 cup of water

- About 1/4 cup of vinegar (white vinegar preferably, you can also use rice vinegar) 

- About 2-3 tbsp of Soy sauce 

- About 1 tsp Minced Garlic 

- *Optional: About 1tsp Minced ginger

- *Optional: Sesame oil

- One big orange (or two small ones) 

- About 2-4tbsp of Brown Sugar 

- Cornstarch diluted with water

Directions:

1) Bring the water, vinegar, and soy sauce to a boil in a pot.  

2) Once boiling, reduce heat to medium and pour in the minced garlic (and minced ginger if using) 

3) Cut the orange(s) in half and squeeze out the orange juice, making sure not to get any seeds in the sauce. 

4) Next, zest the orange peel (about 1-2 tsp or depending how you like the orange taste) in the mixture and stir lightly with everything in it. 

3) After 1-2min, dissolve the brown sugar in the pot. (Do a taste test after, making sure not to burn your tongue, and adjust with more sugar if it needs to be sweeter)

*** If it tastes a little too vinegar-y for you, dilute with more water and sugar *** 

4) Reduce to simmer once the sugar has dissolved and add in the diluted cornstarch&water to the pot. This will thicken the sauce. (It may take a few minutes before it thickens) 

Now, when the sauce is thick enough, cool it just a bit or if you really can't wait... Just put all the chicken pieces in the pot of orange sauce and MIX well!!! 

Top it off with slices of the orange and pieces of green onion for garnish! 

TAH DAH!!!