Recipe: Yummy Crispy Vegetarian Orange "Chicken"

Crispy Vegetarian Orange "Chicken". Freshly squeezed orange juice turns your Chinese-style-or at least American Chinese-style-orange seitan (a la vegan orange chicken) into something extra special. Add a bit of zest for concentrated orange flavor, and just enough sugar to enhance the juice without being cloying. Crispy orange chicken in a sweet, sticky sauce made with ginger, garlic and fresh orange juice is the better-than-takeout dinner your family will love.

What You'll Need To Make The BEST Vegan Orange Chicken Recipe. Cauliflower - You will need to use fresh cauliflower for this recipe. I would recommend a medium sized head of cauliflower. You can have Crispy Vegetarian Orange "Chicken" using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Crispy Vegetarian Orange "Chicken"

1. It's of orange glaze.
2. Prepare 2 tsp of white miso paste.
3. It's 1/2 cup of warm water.
4. Prepare 1/3 cup of orange juice (freshly squeezed).
5. You need 4 tbsp of sugar.
6. It's 2 tbsp of soy sauce.
7. It's 2 tbsp of white vinegar.
8. You need 1 clove of garlic (finely minced).
9. It's 1 tsp of ginger (finely minced, grated or paste).
10. Prepare 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes.
11. You need 1 tbsp of cornstarch.
12. You need 3 tbsp of water.
13. You need 1 tbsp of sesame oil.
14. You need 1 tbsp of lemon juice (optional).
15. You need of breaded "chicken" (seitan).
16. Prepare 1 lb of seitan (sliced, bite sized pieces).
17. You need 2 large of eggs (whisked well).
18. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
19. You need 1 cup of cornstarch.
20. Prepare 2 cup of vegetable oil (or more for frying).

You want just enough florets to fill the baking sheet but you don't want them crowded or else they won't get crispy. One of my wife's favorite places to eat, before we went plant-based that is, was Panda Express. There's something about that greasy, deep-fried, Chinese Takeout that tastes SO good! While I usually went for the spicer Kung Pao or Schezwan dishes, my wife's favorite was always Orange Chicken.

Crispy Vegetarian Orange "Chicken" step by step

1. Mix miso paste with warm water until completely dissolved. Add the orange juice, sugar, soy sauce and vinegar. Mix well..
2. Heat the sesame oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic, ginger and crushed red pepper. Sauté until fragrant. Be careful! It'll brown quickly!.
3. Add the orange juice & miso mixture to the saucepan. Mix well and bring to a simmer..
4. While bringing sauce to a simmer, mix together 1 tbsp cornstarch with 3 tbsp cool water to form a thin mixture. Whisk the cornstarch mixture into the sauce. Simmer until thickened. Cover and set sauce to the side..
5. Beat salt and eggs together. Take a few pieces of seitan and dip into the whisked eggs, then dredge in cornstarch. Make sure all of the pieces are coated well. Complete the dredging process on the rest of the seitan..
6. Heat oil in a dutch oven or large frying pan. Test the hot oil by dropping in a small piece of the seitan. Once the ideal temperature is reached, fry in batches. The size of your batches will depend on the size of your frying pan (I do two using my large dutch oven). Fry until golden brown; 1-2 minutes per side. Place fried seitan on paper towels to drain excess oil..
7. Once all the seitan has been fried and drained, place in a large bowl. Drizzle the warm orange glaze over the seitan and toss well. Serve over rice and garnish with fresh scallions..

Great recipe for Crispy Vegetarian Orange "Chicken". This meal is definitely on the sweeter side, but it doesn't hurt to have it every now and then! My recipe involves homemade breaded seitan, but feel free to use tofu or a breaded meat substitute of your choice. I'll be posting a vegan tofu. A sticky, sweet orange sauce is paired with the most amazing crispy BAKED tofu!

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