Grammy's Kitchen · Orange Chicken · Mandarin Orange Chicken Salad
One of 61 orange chicken recipes we measured
It ranks #59 of 61 for crust crunch among the orange chicken recipes we compared. 42 cooks on www.melskitchencafe.com rate it 4.6★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 61.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 54% | 1% |
| sweetener | 3% | 4% |
| fat | 3% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 32 g | 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce |
| 45 g | 3 tablespoons rice vinegar |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger (see note) |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons olive oil |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon sesame oil |
| 4 g | 1-2 teaspoons chile-garlic sauce (see note) |
| 3 g | 1 clove garlic (finely minced or pressed through a garlic press) |
| 21 g | 1 tablespoon honey |
| Salt and pepper to taste | |
| 315 g | 3-4 cups shredded cabbage (can use coleslaw mix) |
| 105 g | 3-4 cups chopped romaine lettuce |
| 624 g | 2 cans (11-ounces each) mandarin oranges (drained) |
| 420 g | 3 cups cooked chopped chicken |
| 450 g | 3 green onions (chopped) |
| 135 g | 1-2 cups chow mein noodles or toasted (chopped almonds (or both)) |
Method: 3 steps, published by www.melskitchencafe.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Used coconut aminos for soy, OJ for honey, and almonds instead of chow mein, in order to tweak this to be Whole30 compliant… still delicious! Used fresh clementines instead of canned mandarins because that’s what I had on hand. Made two batches and had the se” — a cook, 5.0★
“OK, I commented when you first posted this recipe 2 years ago, but I just have to tell you that I make this practically every week, especially in the summer when it's too hot to cook (We are melting here in Phoenix - it was 120+ degrees the other day - what?? ” — a cook, 5.0★