Make our Cheesecake Factory Orange Chicken Recipe at home tonight for your family. It’s “Deep Fried Pieces of Chicken Breast Covered in a Sweet and Spicy Orange Sauce. Served with White Rice and Vegetables.”
Photo by Bob B. Brown
Cheesecake Factory Orange Chicken
A Cheesecake Factory Copycat Recipe
Cheesecake Factory Orange Chicken Recipe
Make our Cheesecake Factory Orange Chicken Recipe at home tonight for your family. It's "Deep Fried Pieces of Chicken Breast Covered in a Sweet and Spicy Orange Sauce. Served with White Rice and Vegetables."
Ingredients
Chicken
- 1 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper to taste
- 1 - 2 Eggs beaten
- 2 pounds Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes
- Vegetable Oil for frying
Orange Sauce
- 1 1/2 cups Water
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed Orange Juice
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed Lemon Juice
- 2 1/2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
- 1 cup packed Brown Sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated Orange Peel
- 1/2 teaspoon minced Ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 3 tablespoons Cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons Water
- 1/4 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
Instructions
Chicken
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt and pepper. Mix well.
- Place egg in another medium bowl.
- Add chicken to egg mixture. Toss to coat all pieces.
- Remove chicken pieces, a few at a time, allowing the excess egg to drip off, place in flour mixture. Toss around to coat well.
- Place on a plate and continue until all chicken pieces are floured.
- Heat oil in a large cooking pot or deep fryer to 360°F.
- Add chicken to hot oil and deep fry, in batches if necessary, until completely cooked. Remove to a paper towel-covered plate to drain. Set aside.
Orange Sauce
- In a large saucepan combine 1 1/2 cups water, lemon juice, orange juice and soy sauce. Stirring, cook over medium heat for a few minutes until hot.
- Add in brown sugar, orange peel, ginger and garlic powder. Stir to combine and dissolve brown sugar. Bring to a boil.
- In a small bowl or cup, combine cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water. Mix thoroughly.
- Slowly stir cornstarch mixture into sauce until it thickens.
- Place chicken into a serving bowl.
- Pour hot orange sauce over breaded chicken.
- Sprinkle with red pepper flakes.
- Serve hot with white rice and steamed vegetables
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Photo of “The Cheesecake Factory” is by Bob B. Brown and is used by permission under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) License. Thank you, Bob. Great Picture – as usual. Photos may be “representative” of the recipe and not the actual finished dish. All photo licenses listed were correct at the time of the posting of the page. Recipe is our adaption of several recipes widely circulated on the internet. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.
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November 26, 2022 @ 7:38 am
Made this dish last night, and it impressed the entire family!! My only suggestion is that with the recommended 2 tbsp cornstarch the sauce didn’t cover the back of the spoon so I needed extra. Additionally, I substituted chicken broth for water. Incredible!!
November 27, 2022 @ 6:05 am
Corey,
Thank you for the comment and suggestions. We are glad that you and your family enjoyed the recipe.
Alton