Description
Orange Chicken Meatballs is a great way to get your favorite flavors from Chinese takeout in a more healthy and balanced meal!
Equipment
Ingredients
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Rice
- 1 cup rice, washed
- 2 cups water
Meatballs
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp sriracha
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 1 small bunch green onions, sliced, whites and greens separated
- 1 tbsp neutral oil
Orange Sauce
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 large oranges, juiced (or 3/4 cup orange juice)
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp sriracha
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tbsp water
Broccoli
- 1–2 heads broccoli, cut into small pieces
Instructions
- Cook the rice. Add washed rice to a pot with water over high heat and bring to a boil. As soon as it starts to boil, reduce the heat to low and cover the pot. Cook for about 15-18 minutes, then turn off the heat and keep the rice covered for 5 more minutes.
- Form the meatballs. Add ground chicken, egg, panko, soy sauce, garlic, sriracha, ginger, and scallion whites to a medium mixing bowl and mix with your hands. Form 16 one ounce balls (about 1 1/2-2 tbsp of meat mixture).
- Cook the meatballs. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat 1 tbsp oil. Cook the meatballs for 3-4 minutes, then flip and cook another 3 minutes.
- Mix the sauce ingredients. In a jar with a lid, combine soy sauce, orange juice, brown sugar, rice vinegar, sriracha, and garlic. Add the lid to the jar and tighten. Shake well.
- Cook the broccoli. Add broccoli to the skillet with the meatballs with 1-2 tbsp of water. Cover and let the broccoli steam for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the sauce. Pour the sauce into the pan with meatballs and broccoli and bring to a simmer. Meanwhile, mix the corn starch and water together in a small bowl to make a slurry. Pour the slurry into the sauce and continue simmering until the sauce thickens and broccoli is tender, about 5-7 minutes. Add more corn starch slurry if the sauce is not thick enough.
- Serve and enjoy! Serve the broccoli and meatballs over white rice and top with scallion greens. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 512
- Sugar: 10.8 g
- Sodium: 955.4 mg
- Fat: 15.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 64.2 g
- Protein: 29.4 g
- Cholesterol: 142.8 mg