Orange Chicken~THM-S

By Kathy C.

From Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook: All the sweet, spicy goodness of Chinese food is now Trim Healthy Mama-fied! This dish sits perfectly on angel hair sliced cabbage, so there's no need for extra time spent on cooked sides--or even a side salad unless you really wanna.

Ingredients

• Sauce:
• 2 1/2 pounds thawed and drained boneless chicken thighs or breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
• 3/4 cup Trim Healthy Mama Baking Blend
• 1 tsp mineral salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp Super Sweet Blend
• 5 to 6 TBSP Coconut Oil
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
• 4 tsp super sweet blend
• 3 TBSP rice vinegar
• 4 TBSP water
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 2 TBSP toasted sesame oil
• 3 green onions, diced
• 2 tsp orange extract
• 1/3 to 1/2 tsp Gluccie
• Optional:
• 1/2 head green cabbage, very finely sliced, or use some packaged coleslaw mix

Details

Servings 6
Adapted from trimhealthymama.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Prepare the chicken for cooking. Place chicken pieces in a large bowl or 9x13 pan. Mix the baking blend, salt, pepper, and Super Sweet Blend in a small bowl, and sprinkle the chicken with the mixture. Stir to evenly coat the chicken pieces with the breading mix.
2. Mix all the sauce ingredients except the Gluccie in a medium saucepan, and bring to a simmer. Sprinkle in the Gluccie while whisking vigorously to almost the desired thickness. The sauce will thicken a little more the longer it simmers.
3. Cook the chicken. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat and add the chicken pieces. You may need to cook it in two batches, so make sure to divide the coconut oil appropriately. Cook the chicken, turning once to cook evenly on both sides, for approximately 10 minutes. Cut a piece open to check for doneness.
4. Spread the cabbage on serving plates and divide the chicken among them, then drizzle the sauce over the top.

NOTE:
Since this chicken is breaded, you may need to cook it in a couple of batches to get it properly browned, so we do cheat a little here and use one extra little saucepan to make the sauce separately. But don't worry, this is still a quick, simple meal. If you truly want to keep this to a strict one pot-to-wash meal, cook the chicken first in your skillet, remove it and set to the side, then make the sauce in your skillet, too--with all those little crispy bits of goodness left in! Even tastier! Open a bag of angel hair cabbage, and you have a meal ready that's fit for a dynasty!