Craving a delectable and flavorful dish that tantalizes your taste buds? Look no further than orange chicken with almonds, a culinary masterpiece that seamlessly blends sweet, tangy, and savory flavors. Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of Asian cuisine as we embark on a journey to discover the best recipe for this iconic dish. Prepare to be enthralled by the symphony of flavors as the succulent chicken, coated in a sticky-sweet orange sauce, harmoniously combines with the nutty crunch of almonds.
Here are our top 10 tried and tested recipes!
ALMOND ORANGE CHICKEN
"This moist tender chicken with its crunchy nut coating and smooth sauce is one of my best recipes," raves Sharon Lebold of Bayfield, Ontario. "I sometimes cook it in my electric skillet because it easily holds all the chicken."
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Place 1/2 cup flour, eggs and almonds in separate shallow bowls. Roll chicken in flour, then dip in eggs and roll in almonds. In a large skillet cook chicken over medium-high heat in 2 tablespoons butter for 4-5 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reaches 170°. Remove and keep warm. , In the same skillet, saute onion in remaining butter until tender. In a small bowl, combine the milk, poultry seasoning and remaining flour. Gradually stir into pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Remove from the heat; stir in the orange marmalade, orange juice and zest, salt and pepper. Pour over chicken. Serve with rice if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 318 calories, Fat 18g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 110mg cholesterol, Sodium 541mg sodium, Carbohydrate 29g carbohydrate (17g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 12g protein.
ELEGANT ORANGE-ALMOND CHICKEN
Chicken pieces smothered in a sweet, almondy mushroom sauce. Mmm!
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Entree
Time 50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Mix flour, salt and pepper. Coat chicken with flour mixture.
- Heat oil in 12-inch skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat until hot.
- Cook chicken in oil about 15 minutes, turning occasionally, until brown on all sides. Cover and cook over low heat about 20 minutes or until juice is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. Remove chicken from skillet with tongs; keep warm.
- Drain all but 1 tablespoon drippings from skillet. Cook mushrooms in 1 tablespoon drippings over medium heat about 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Remove mushrooms from skillet.
- Heat skillet over medium-high heat. Add orange juice and liqueur. Cook 1 to 2 minutes, stirring constantly and scraping up any brown bits, until mixture is slightly thickened. Stir in mushrooms; heat through. Serve mushroom mixture over chicken. Sprinkle with almonds and cilantro.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 340, Carbohydrate 14 g, Cholesterol 85 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 1 g, Protein 29 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 280 mg
ALMOND CRANBERRY CHICKEN
The Test Kitchen adds seasonal flair to everyday chicken with this flavorful sauce that showcases fresh cranberries. It's a snap to prepare on the stovetop. TIP: Round out the meal deliciously with side dishes of steamed broccoli and buttered couscous.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 25m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Flatten chicken to 1/4-in. thickness. In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt and cayenne; add chicken, a few pieces at a time, and turn to coat. In a large skillet, brown chicken in butter over medium heat for 10-12 minutes or until juices run clear. Remove and keep warm. , In the same skillet, combine the cranberries, water, brown sugar, vinegar and orange zest. Bring to a boil; cook for 10 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally. Spoon over chicken; sprinkle with almonds.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 330 calories, Fat 13g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 83mg cholesterol, Sodium 313mg sodium, Carbohydrate 29g carbohydrate (19g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 25g protein.
EASY ORANGE CHICKEN RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: boneless, skinless chicken breasts, soy sauce, orange juice, cornstarch, oil, orange juice, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar, cornstarch
Provided by Hannah Williams
Categories Dinner
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Slice chicken breast into cubes.
- In a bowl, combine marinade ingredients. Add chicken and stir to coat.
- Let marinate at least 1 hour.
- In a pan, heat oil on medium-high heat. Remove chicken from marinade with a slotted spoon, and cook all sides until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
- Add sauce ingredients to pan and bring to a boil, mixing continuously, until mixture thickens, about 5 minutes.
- Serve over rice if desired.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 345 calories, Carbohydrate 22 grams, Fat 11 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 36 grams, Sugar 11 grams
EASY ALMOND CHICKEN
Baked chicken with a creamy soup sauce, topped with crazy, nutty toasted almonds! Serve with rice if desired.
Provided by JMOOSE
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Chicken Breast Recipes
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place chicken pieces in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Season with garlic powder to taste and bake in the preheated oven for 1/2 hour.
- In a small bowl mix together the soup and milk. Pour mixture over chicken and bake for another 1/2 hour. Meanwhile, toast almonds and add to chicken during the last few minutes of baking.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 349.8 calories, Carbohydrate 10.1 g, Cholesterol 76.6 mg, Fat 19.2 g, Fiber 3.3 g, Protein 35.3 g, SaturatedFat 2.9 g, Sodium 345.3 mg, Sugar 3.3 g
ORANGE CHICKEN WITH ALMONDS
Beautiful presentation and so flavourful! I like to serve buttered orzo and steamed asparagus alongside. The aparagus tastes so good dipped into the sauce.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Chicken
Time 1h5m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large, stainless-steel saucepan, brown the chicken, patted dry and seasoned with salt and pepper, in batches, in the butter over moderate-high heat, transferring it to a plate as it is browned.
- Pour off all but 2 tblsps of the fat from the saucepan.
- Add the flour mixture, cinnamon and ginger to the saucepan and cook the roux over low heat, stirring, for 3 minutes.
- Add the orange juice in a stream, whisking.
- Bring the liquid to a boil, stirring, and simmer the sauce until slightly thickened.
- Stir in the honey, almonds and the raisins and arrange the chicken in the skillet in one layer (or as close to it as you can).
- Simmer the chicken, covered, for 30 minutes, or until it is tender.
- Transfer to a plate and tent with foil to keep warm.
- Skim the fat from the sauce and reduce it over moderate-high heat until it is thick enough to coat back of spoon.
- Add the orange slices and heat over low heat until the slices are heated through.
- Nap the chicken breasts with the orange slices and some of the sauce.
- Pass the remaining sauce separately.
CHINESE-STYLE ORANGE-ALMOND CHICKEN
I have posted this delicious-sounding way to cook chicken - which you can have on the table in forty minutes - in response to a Forum Request for a recipe for Chinese-style Orange Chicken. I have adapted it from Lisa Pettit's recipe in Prevention Healthy Cooking's 'Eat Up, Slim Down: Tried-and-true recipes and tips from real weight-loss winners' by Jane Kirby and David Joachim. Commenting on this recipe, Lisa says "When I'm craving Chinese-style sweet-and-sour chicken but don't want the calories or fat, I turn to this recipe". If you want to increase the orange flavour, substitute some of the soy sauce for orange juice: perhaps half soy sauce and half orange juice. This is a combination that I know works well in my Veal With Orange Sauce recipe #117835.
Provided by bluemoon downunder
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 40m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place the almonds in a large non-stick pan and, shaking the pan often, toast over a medium heat for 5 minutes or until fragrant. Set aside.
- Warm the oil in the same pan over a medium-high heat, add the chicken and, turning occasionally, cook for 5 minutes or until it is cooked through. Set aside, and keep warm by covering loosely with foil.
- Add the shallots to the pan and cook for 5 minutes or until they have softened.
- Add the mushrooms to the pan and cook for 5 minutes or until they have softened.
- Stir in the marmalade, soy sauce and freshly ground black pepper, and return the chicken to the pan.
- Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until the juices run clear.
- Serve over a bed of steamed rice, topped with the almonds and orange slices.
ALMOND ORANGE CRUSTED CHICKEN WITH FENNEL ARUGULA SALAD
Traditional chicken dinner gets a modern-day makeover with sliced almonds and orange zest to perk up an old standby. Use the left over orange slices for a refreshing side salad with arugula, fennel and lemon juice. Created by: Ellie Krieger cookbook author, "So Easy: Luscious Healthy Recipes for Every Meal of the Week"
Provided by Ellie Krieger
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 450 F degrees. Ten minutes before you are ready to cook the chicken, put a baking sheet in the oven to pre-heat.
- Finely zest the orange and set the zest aside. Cut the top and bottom off of the orange, sit the orange on one end on a cutting board and cut the entire peel and pith off by cutting downward following the shape of the fruit. Then, using a paring knife, remove each section of orange from the membrane. Set the orange sections aside.
- In a shallow bowl, whisk the egg white until slightly frothy. In a large shallow bowl or on a plate, combine the orange zest, almonds, and 1/4 teaspoon each of the salt and pepper. Put the flour on a large plate.
- Remove the pre-heated baking sheet from the oven and spray with cooking spray.
- Dip the chicken breasts, one at a time, first into the flour, shaking off any excess, then into the egg white, and then coat with the almond mixture and place on the baking sheet. Spray the top of the chicken with cooking spray. Bake for 6 minutes, turn and bake for 6 minutes more, until the chicken is cooked through and the coating is golden.
- While the chicken is cooking, combine the fennel, arugula and orange sections in a large bowl. In a small bowl whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to coat.
- To serve, place one large or two small chicken cutlets on each plate and top with a mound of the salad.
CHINESE ALMOND CHICKEN
Hope this helps! Tender chicken, vegetables, and fried almonds, bathed in a soy based sauce, tastes just like a Chinese restaurant favorite.
Provided by MELANIEB211
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian
Time 35m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Mix the soy sauce, salt, cornstarch, and sherry in a large bowl. Stir in chicken; cover and refrigerate.
- Heat 1 1/2 cups of the peanut oil in a large, deep skillet. Fry almonds in the oil until golden, about 1 minute. Drain fried almonds on a paper towel.
- Drain all but 3 tablespoons of oil from the skillet. Stir in the mushrooms, bamboo shoots, celery, onion, and water chestnuts. Cook and stir vegetables for 1 minute. Remove from skillet.
- Heat 1/4 cup oil in the skillet. Cook and stir the marinated chicken in hot oil until no longer pink in the center, and the juices run clear, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in cooked vegetables, chicken stock, and reserved soy sauce mixture; simmer until thickened, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in fried almonds before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 522.2 calories, Carbohydrate 6.9 g, Cholesterol 99.6 mg, Fat 38.6 g, Fiber 2.4 g, Protein 35.8 g, SaturatedFat 7.4 g, Sodium 847.3 mg, Sugar 1.4 g
ORANGE MARMALADE CHICKEN
Keep this easy-make Orange Marmalade Chicken recipe a secret. Ready in 35 minutes, nobody will believe how quick and easy it is!
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Nuts
Time 19m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat broiler. Mix honey, salt and pepper; brush evenly on chicken. Place on rack of broiler pan.
- Broil chicken 4 to 6 inches from heat 5 to 7 min. on each side or until cooked through (170ºF). Brush chicken with marmalade; sprinkle with almonds. Broil an additional 1 to 2 min. or until almonds are lightly toasted.
- Serve with couscous and broccoli.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 260, Fat 9 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 55 mg, Sodium 35 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 21 g
Tips:
- Mise en place: Before you start cooking, make sure you have all your ingredients and tools ready. This will help you save time and avoid scrambling while you're cooking.
- Use fresh oranges: Fresh orange juice and zest will give your dish the best flavor. If you don't have fresh oranges, you can use bottled orange juice, but the flavor will be less intense.
- Don't overcrowd the pan: When you're cooking the chicken, don't overcrowd the pan. This will prevent the chicken from cooking evenly and will make it more likely to stick to the pan.
- Use a heavy-bottomed pan: A heavy-bottomed pan will help to distribute the heat evenly and prevent the sauce from burning.
- Add the almonds at the end: Add the almonds to the dish at the very end of cooking. This will prevent them from burning.
Conclusion:
Orange chicken with almonds is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that's perfect for a weeknight meal. The combination of sweet and savory flavors is sure to please everyone at the table. Plus, it's a healthy dish that's packed with protein and vegetables. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy meal, give orange chicken with almonds a try.
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