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Orange Chicken Wings

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Ingredients

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Wing It!

  • 1 cup cornstarch
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 kg chicken wings, cleaned
  • cooking oil for frying

Orange-y Orange Sauce

  • 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup orange marmalade
  • 1 tbsp vinegar
  • 1/4 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch dissolved in 2 tbsp water

Instructions

  1. Pour 1 cup of cornstarch into a Plate and beat eggs in a shallow bowl
  2. Dip chicken wings (one by one) into the beaten eggs and then dredge each wing in the cornstarch. Place chicken wings onto a large plate or baking sheet and set aside.
  3. Pour cooking oil into your frying pan and wait until hot.
  4. While the oil is getting hot, whisk together all the ingredients for the sauce except the cornstarch in a small saucepan. Bring sauce to a slight boil, reduce heat to low and continue to simmer while frying the chicken.
  5. Fry chicken wings in 3 batches until fully cooked through and golden brown.
  6. Place fried wings onto a paper towel-lined plate.
  7. While the last batch of wings is frying, whisk cornstarch mixture into the orange sauce and heat until thickened.
  8. Pour sauce over the fried wings in the bowl and toss to fully cover all of the wings.
  9. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and chopped scallions before serving.
  10. Serve with steaming hot rice.