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If your looking for an alternative to a chinese takeaway then a healthier alternative recipe like this one from Muscle Foods is a great idea. This is a sticky orange chicken recipe from Adam Warren a fitness and food bloggerand it is super simple to make, bursting with a nice sweet and tangy flavour, high in protein, low in fat and low in salt, so an all round healthy and tasty meal.
If you like the look of this recipe and fancy trying it out for yourself you’ll find the full recipe below the video. And you can get all your healthy lean meat over on the Muscle Foods Websiteas well as great healthy snacks and even ready meals (I’ve tried lots of their products over the last few years and can honestly say they are great)
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Plus don’t forget to check out all the other Muscle Food Recipes in this series and the ones I made last year! The Loaded Chicken Quesadilla Recipe is a firm favourite of ours, we make quesadillas weekly and just mix up the veggies or seasoning on the chicken, so versatile and simple to make.
How to make the Muscle Food Sticky Orange Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 400 g Chicken Breast Fillets
- 1 tbsp Rapeseed Oil
- 1 Red Onion chopped
- 1 Red Pepper chopped
- 3 Spring Onions Sliced
- Pack of Egg Noddles
- 1 tsp Dark Soy Sauce
- 100 ml Orange Juice
- 2 tsp Plum Sauce
- 1 tsp Red Wine Vinegar
- Salt and Pepper
How to makesticky orange chicken
Spray a large non stick frying pan with low calorie cooking spray and place over a high heat, add you chicken fillets and cook for 12-15 minutes until cooked through
Once cooked set aside on a plate to rest, before cutting into strips
In a bowl mix together the Dark Soy, Orange Juice, Plum Sauce and Red Wine Vinegar to create your sauce
Spray more low calorie spray into your pan and place over a high heat, add you onion and peppers and cook for 5 minutes until softened
Return your chicken to the pan and add your sauce, mix well to coat and allow to cook for a few minutes until the sauce has reduced and thickened, spoon over your chicken as its cooking.
Cook your noodles according to the packet
Once your noodles are done and the sauce has thickened (10 minutes or so) top your noddles with the chicken and sauce and enjoy
Sticky Orange Chicken Recipe
Adam Warren
Tender Chicken coated in a sweet and sticky orange sauce, a perfect healthy alternative to your favourite Chinese take away dish. Low in fat and salt and high in protein this is a great dish for all the family
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 25 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Servings 3
Ingredients
- 400 g Chicken Breast Fillets
- 1 tbsp Rapeseed Oil
- 1 Red Onion chopped
- 1 Red Pepper chopped
- 3 Spring Onions Sliced
- Pack of Egg Noddles
- 1 tsp Dark Soy Sauce
- 100 ml Orange Juice
- 2 tsp Plum Sauce
- 1 tsp Red Wine Vinegar
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
Spray a large non stick frying pan with low calorie cooking spray and place over a high heat, add you chicken fillets and cook for 12-15 minutes until cooked through
Once cooked set aside on a plate to rest, before cutting into strips
In a bowl mix together the Dark Soy, Orange Juice, Plum Sauce and Red Wine Vinegar to create your sauce
Spray more low calorie spray into your pan and place over a high heat, add you onion and peppers and cook for 5 minutes until softened
Return your chicken to the pan and add your sauce, mix well to coat and allow to cook for a few minutes until the sauce has reduced and thickened, spoon over your chicken as its cooking.
Cook your noodles according to the packet
Once your noodles are done and the sauce has thickened (10 minutes or so) top your noddles with the chicken and sauce and enjoy
Notes
Adapted from Muscle Food Recipe
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