Orange Chicken Calorie Comparison‼️
A couple ingredient swaps and different cooking methods gets you the best orange chicken without sacrificing precious results 💪🫡
🔥Macros for 1 Serving Orange Chicken (without rice):
~ 495 Calories
~ 89g protein
~ 16g Carbs
~ 8g Fat
Macros For Panda Express (much smaller portion):
-490 Calories
-48g Carbs
-23g Fat
-23g Protein
Ingredients:
Marinade👇
✅ – 400g Chicken Breast
✅ – ½ tsp baking powder
✅ – 2 tbsp Diet orange juice
✅ – 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
✅ – 1 tsp ground black pepper
✅ – I tbsp cornstarch
✅ – I tsp garlic, minced 1 tsp ginger
Orange sauce 👇
✅ – 1/3 cup fresh orange juice (diet)✅ – 1 tbsp soy sauce
✅ – 1/4 cup rice vinegar (optional)
✅ – 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
✅ – 2 tsp orange zest
✅ – 1tsp minced garlic, 1 tsp ginger, minced✅ – 1/2 tsp red chili flakes✅ – 3 tbsp brown sugar (Truvia for 0 cal)✅ – 1 tbsp sesame seeds✅ – 2 tbsp green onions chopped
For this restaurant orange chicken you could have this whole entire thing of homemade orange chicken with the same amount of calories and double the protein seems complex but it’s really easy to make just chop 400 G of chicken breast into bite nuggets marinade with soy sauce Diet Orange Juice Salt and
Pepper and minced garlic and ginger you’re not allowed to use this unless you’re actually Ginger and corn starch man I forgot the corn starch massage into the minc meat for the orange sauce mix Diet OJ soy sauce rice vinegar corn starch garlic and ginger salt brown sugar sweetener and for that orangey
Flavor shave out some orange zest heat up a skillet to medium high and cook your marinated chicken till it’s got that Golden Glow on every side lower the heat to medium toss in your orange sauce and stir until viscus add some sesame seeds and green onions and ooh you got
Some ridiculous healthy orange chicken so next time you think of Chinese food as a cheat meal think again and follow me for more