Orange Chicken Vegetable Stir-Fry- Homemad 

If you have always wanted to make your own Chinese restaurant food at home, this recipe is a great one to add to your collection. Enjoy !

Ingredients  

Sauce:

1/2 cup orange juice

2 tablespoons soy sauce

2 tablespoons rice vinegar

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

1 tablespoon orange zest

2 large cloves garlic

1 teaspoon minced ginger

optional sweetener like sugar, honey, agave, etc.

Stir-fry:

1 pound chicken tender cut into cubes

salt and pepper

3 tablespoons corn starch

4 cups chopped vegetables such as broccoli, carrots, celery, mushroom, snap peas, etc.

olive oil

1/2 cup medium yellow onion, chopped

Instructions  

1-Blend all the ingredients for the sauce in a blender or food processor for 10 seconds.

2-Taste the sauce and add your choice of sweetener to your liking.

3-Blend again for a few more seconds.

4-Heat the sauce in a large skillet on medium-high heat for 5 minutes. Carefully transfer the sauce to a heat proof bowl.

5-Rinse the skillet clean.

6-Season the chicken with salt and pepper.

7-Add the corn starch and massage the chicken with your hands.

8-If using fresh broccoli or green beans, boil the broccoli for 3-5 minutes until soft enough to pierce with a fork yet firm.

9-Transfer the vegetables to a plate lined with a paper towel.

Wipe down the skillet until dry.

10-Heat approximately 1 tablespoon of oil in the skillet on medium-high heat.

11-Cook the onion and chicken until the chicken is cooked through, approximately 3-4 minutes.

12-Add the remaining vegetables and stir-fry them together for 2 minutes.

13-Slowly add a few tablespoons of sauce while stirring the vegetables and chicken.

14-Continue to add the sauce a few tablespoons at a time, allowing about 15 seconds between each addition to allow sauce to slightly cook down.

15-Spoon the stir-fry over a bowl of hot rice. Serve immediately.