Easy Air Fryer Orange Chicken Recipe

By Preppy Kitchen · 30 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Lightly beat the egg with the salt in a medium bowl. Add the chicken cubes and stir to coat.
2. Break up any lumps in the cornstarch in a shallow bowl. Working a few pieces at a time, toss the chicken in the cornstarch until well coated, only as much as fits in the basket at once.
3. Preheat the air fryer to 400°F.
4. Lay the coated chicken in a single layer in the basket and spray generously with cooking spray.
5. Air fry for 6 minutes. Flip the pieces, spray them again, and air fry about 6 more minutes until golden and crispy.
6. Move the cooked chicken to a large bowl and repeat the coating and frying with the remaining pieces.
7. While the last batch cooks, combine the orange juice, soy sauce, brown sugar, rice vinegar, orange zest, ginger, sesame oil, red pepper flakes and garlic in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook until the sugar dissolves.
8. Dissolve the cornstarch in the water in a small bowl, then whisk it into the saucepan. Keep whisking over heat about 1 minute, until thickened and translucent.
9. Pour the sauce over the chicken and toss to coat.

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