(Jean’s Post)
There is a cute small Chinese restaurant near my home called Bamboo Garden. It’s family run and the food is fresh. My husband and parents discovered it after we moved into our new house that had no microwave or stove for several days. My husband enjoys the food but always complains about the chicken to coating ratio in any of the fried chicken dishes like orange chicken, sesame chicken, or general tso chicken. For him, there is just too much coating and not enough chicken. There began my quest to make a healthier and a better chicken to coating ratio orange chicken.
Bamboo Garden makes a delicious super gooey orange sauce that includes orange rind. I diverge with a thinner sauce and swap a deep fried for a pan fried chicken (despite my father’s objections). This recipe is my twist on a Panda Express Orange Chicken copycat recipe from Buttercream Barbie. Her sauce was a little too much like a sweet and sour sauce for me. So I amped up the soy sauce and reduced the vinegar content. Plus I increase the sauce ingredients, as my hubby loves extra sauce. Yes, he orders it that way from Bamboo Garden too. Continue reading
