Air Fryer Orange Chicken
Make this tasty Air Fryer Orange Chicken in your Air Fryer or Ninja Foodi!
Ingredients
Chicken
- 6 Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs
- Cornstarch or Potato Starch
- Grapeseed Oil Spray
Sauce
- 1/2 Cup Gluten Free or Regular Soy Sauce
- 1/4 Cup Water
- 2 Tbsp Rice Wine Vinegar
- 2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Orange Juice
- 1/4 Cup Lemon Juice
- 1 Clove Garlic Crushed
- 1 Tsp Ground Ginger
- 1/2 Tbsp Cornstarch
- Green Onions Optional
- Green Beans Optional
- Cooked Rice Optional
Instructions
- Cut the chicken into cubed chunks and toss it into a bowl with cornstarch or potato starch. Add just enough to coat the chicken.
- Coat the basket of the air fryer with grapeseed oil spray, add the chicken into the basket of the air fryer.
- Coat chicken with the grapeseed oil spray.
- Cook chicken in the air fryer at 390*F for 25 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches at least 165*F. Be sure to mix up the chicken about halfway through the cooking time.
- While the chicken is cooking use a small saucepan to prepare the sauce. If you are using a Ninja Foodi, you can wait until the chicken is done and prepare the sauce in the pot of the Ninja Foodi using the saute function.
- In the saucepan, combine the soy sauce, water, rice wine vinegar, brown sugar, granulated sugar, orange juice, lemon juice, garlic, and ginger.
- Let this come up to a low boil.
- Once boiling, lower heat and whisk in the cornstarch until thickened.
- Remove from heat and let sit for about 5 minutes.
- Once the chicken is done, place it in a bowl and combine it with the sauce, mixing and coating the chicken well.
- Serve over rice with sliced green onions or with green beans of your choice.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 336kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 32gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 137mgSodium: 2539mgFiber: 1gSugar: 14g
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