Orange Chicken

My daughter just love orange chicken. She never gets tired of it. The only food she orders whenever we eat at Chinese  or any Asian restaurant. Even when home she would crave for it. I have been thinking of experimenting on it, but never get the chance to do it. But today, I thought why not do it. Because all morning I can't decide what to cook for dinner, i got my sauteed upo squash. But my daughter is not crazy about that so when I check I have all the ingredients for orange chicken, I got excited and did it in less than an hour!

So I searched online about the origin of orange chicken and i was surprised to find out that there is rarely any orange chicken dish in restaurants in China! The orange chicken we have here in USA are variations of the original sweet and sour dishes in China. Panda Express claims to have introduced the original orange chicken dish in USA. Anyway, it really doesn't matter where it originated, what natters is that, its so good we can eat this dish with rice everyday!!

Here is my recipe for orange chicken

Ingredients

2         lbs       chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces
1         pc        whole egg
3        tbsp      flour
3        tbsp      vegetable oil
2        tbsp      sesame seeds

Sauce

1/2     cup     orange juice
1        tbsp    soy sauce
1        tbsp    vinegar
1        tbsp    brown sugar
1       tbsp     cornstarch
1       clove   garlic, minced
1       tsp       ginger, minced
1       tsp       salt
1       tsp      pepper

Procedure

In a bowl, beat the egg, add the chicken, make sure all the meat is coated with egg.  Add the flour, set aside

Mix all the sauce ingredients in a saucepan, boil then simmer for a few minutes until it thickens. Set aside

In a pan, fry the chicken until golden brown. Pour over the sauce. Mix well, Add the sesame seeds.

Serve with rice.

My daughter loved the dish!! She said it could pass as a restaurant quality dish. This is tonight's dinner!!

Potato and Corn Soup

Freedom!!

Now that my daughter is back in school, I can now breath and have plenty of time for myself. It's been a crazy and busy summer. Going to places left and right, driving my daughter to her activities. I mean, yeah, i need to breath!! All the momshies out there can relate to me! It really has been a crazy summer! Too busy I don't even have time to write on my blog, much less think of what recipe to experiment.

But I was able to squeeze in one recipe one night last week. I just didn't have time to write about it. So finally on my daughter's second day of school, i got a few hours to spare! Finally.

I had plenty of potatoes and corn ( I still have more until now) because they were on sale at the grocery and thought of experimeting on a recipe that has both. I thought of making corn chowder but then what am I gonna do with my 10 pounds potato? So that's when I thought of mixing them together in a soup. Nothing like a good hot soup on a rainy night.


Here is the recipe


Ingredients


2        cups       corn kernels
2        cups       diced potatoes
2        cans       chicken broth
1/2     cup         all purpose flour
1        pc           onion, chopped
2        cloves     garlic, minced
1        cup         milk
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:


In a sauce pan, saute garlic and onion.  Add corn and potatoes. Saute for a few minutes.


Add the chicken broth. Let boil. Add 1/2 cup milk. Simmer for 5 minutes


In a small bowl, mix 1/2 cup milk and flour. Add to the saucepan. Stir.


Simmer for a few minutes. Serve hot. You may put dried parsley and bacon on top before serving.

My daughter loves this soup. It's refreshing and different. I will try to make it again one of these days. Next time, i will probably cook bacon and use the oil for sauteing. It will add more flavor in the soup. When you try this recipe, please let me know, I would love to hear from you!!