Honey-Orange Chicken Recipe

Prep Time: 10 mins           Total Time: 25 mins

Total Serving: 6

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup honey
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 4 1/2-6 garlic cloves, minced
• 3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, adjust to taste
• 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 4 1/2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped

Directions:

1. 1. In small bowl, combine honey with juice concentrate, orange zest, garlic, and the red pepper flakes. Set aside.
2. Pound chicken to approximately 1/4 " thickness. Cut into bite size pieces.
3. In a plastic bag mix together the flour, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Toss chicken pieces to lightly coat with flour mixture.
4. In a large non-stick skillet, heat butter and oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken and stirfry until just cooked through.
5. Pour honey mixture over chicken and cook, stirring to coat all chicken pieces with spicy honey-orange glaze. Sprinkle with parsley and green onion.
6. As stated above, you can leave the chicken breasts whole. Pour the glaze over chicken that has been cooked through, turning chicken to coat as sauce begins to thicken, about 2 minutes. Serve chicken breasts with honey-orange glaze spooned over the top. Garnish with parsley and green onions.

Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/spicy-honey-orange-chicken-187317#ixzz1OBfxm33s
Note: I thought this recipe was very good. I added more red pepper flakes to make it spicier and overall it tasted like orange chicken from chinese food. Next time, though I would marinate the chicken first before just glazing the sauce.