Orange Hoisin Chicken Stir Fry

Last week I received a question from my reader if there is a way to bake the chicken strips for many of my fried chicken recipes. It got me to thinking, and after experimenting a bit, I think the recipe that I come up with should work. And since I don’t want to repost one of my old fried chicken recipes with the only change being the “fried chicken” turned into “baked fried chicken”, I am going to share this recipe for orange hoisin chicken stir fry instead.

Fried chicken strips, oven-baked version

As I said, the main trick for this chicken recipe is to creat fried chicken strips with an oven. I have to say that the baking version is super simple, not to mention, perfect when you don’t want to do any deep frying. That said, the oven-baked fried chicken strips look decidedly less golden brown compared to the deep frying version. They are still fully cooked though, so have no worry. The good thing is that since we are going to coat the chicken strips with lovely orange hoisin sauce, your chicken will still look invitingly delicious.

For oven-baked fried chicken strips, please do the following:

1. Mix together chicken strips with salt, pepper, garlic, lime juice, and tapioca starch. Set aside to rest for 15 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 200 Celsius (or 400 Fahrenheit), and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
3. Just prior to baking, lightly dust the marinated chicken strips with all-purpose flour, then arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, flip with a spatula and continue baking for another 10 minutes.
5. Remove from the oven and set aside.

You now have a batch of fried chicken strips. We will dress these with the yummy and equally easy to prepare orange hoisin sauce.

How to make Chinese orange hoisin sauce

This crowd favorite orange hoisin sauce is actually a very easy sauce to make at home. You will need:

• butter
• onion
• garlic
• hoisin sauce
• Worcestershire sauce
• orange juice, and orange zest
• chicken stock
• salt, pepper, and sugar
• toasted sesame seeds

And here is how we cook our orange hoisin sauce:

1. Melt butter over medium-high heat, sauté onion and garlic until onion is translucent.
2. Add hoisin sauce, Worcestershire sauce, orange juice, and chicken stock. Bring to a boil
3. Season with orange zest, salt, pepper, and sugar. Adjust the amount to suit your taste. Cook until the sauce is reduced and thick.
4. Add the oven-baked fried chicken strips and toasted sesame seeds. Gently toss to coat.

This yummy orange hoisin sauce is great not only with chicken, but you can also use this same sauce with fried fish fillets or fried tofu cubes. Super versatile, no? :)

Other easy fried chicken strips recipes for you to try

If you love easy fried chicken dishes like this, you may want to try these recipes too:

• ayam goreng mentega - fried chicken in buttery sweet sauce
• ayam goreng lada garam - spicy chili fried chicken
• ayam goreng saus tauco - fried chicken in spicy soy bean sauce
• ayam goreng rica-rica - tomato and chili fried chicken
• easy spicy sweet and sour fried chicken
• spicy tamarind glazed fried chicken