The Best Healthy Orange Chicken
We are going to coat this chicken in a perfectly sweet, tangy, caramelized sauce that will have you coming back for more. This Orange Chicken is made with clean, simple ingredients, the prep couldn’t be easier, and it’s gluten free!
If you’ve made my chicken tacos, the base of this recipe will look familiar. We use the same baked, breaded chicken in both. I love finding ways to make dinnertime easier and this chicken recipe does just that! You can prep extra chicken for this recipe, throw it in the freezer and pull it out for a quick dinner win you’re in a pinch. This chicken can be used so many ways and when you cover it in this sweet and tangy sauce, it tastes like a completely different meal! I love to pair this orange chicken with some brown rice and broccolini to complete the meal.
Gluten-free orange chicken recipe
When I started making this recipe, I didn’t bread it and it was still absolutely delicious. My husband loves breaded chicken in this dish and since our little boy is gluten-free, I took on the challenge of making this recipe without any gluten and it was actually quite simple. I use a combination of almond flour and oat flour. I love the flavor and texture you get from using both but you could use one or the other if you don’t have both. For the oat flour, I just throw some of my gluten-free oats into the blender and then you’ve got oat flour!
What you’ll need for this healthy orange chicken recipe:
- chicken breast
- almond flour
- oat flour
- paprika
- garlic salt
- green onions
- sesame seeds
- orange juice
- white vinegar
- ginger
- coconut aminos
- coconut sugar
- arrowroot powder
- garlic cloves
I can’t wait to hear what you think of this recipe. Be sure and let me know how it turns out!
XO,
TrainerKelli
Healthy Orange Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 16 oz chicken breast
- 1/4 cup oat flour
- 1/8 cup almond flour
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp garlic salt
- 2 tbsp coconut aminos
- 3 tbsp coconut sugar
- 3 cloves garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 tbsp arrowroot powder
- 4 stalks green onion
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 375℉
- Cut chicken into bite sized pieces and place in a bowl
- Sprinkle chicken with almond flour, oat flour, garlic salt, and paprika.
- Mix until chicken is coated.
- Place on baking sheet and bake chicken for 20-22 minutes, until chicken it cooked all the way through.
- While the chicken bakes, start on the sauce.
- In a saucepan on medium heat, add coconut aminos, coconut sugar, white vinegar, minced garlic, ginger.
- Stir and let simmer for 3-4 minutes.
- Mix together arrowroot powder with 1/2 tbsp water. Stir until powder dissolves into the water.
- Turn off the heat and stir in the arrowroot powder mixture. Stir until mixed.
- Add baked chicken to sauce and mix until chicken it coated.
- Serve chicken onto of rice. Top with sliced green onion and sesame seeds.
