Air Fryer Orange Chicken

This air fryer orange chicken is better and faster than takeout! You'll love how easy this recipe is for your weekly dinner rotation!

Course Dinner

Cuisine Asian

Keyword Air Fryer Orange Chicken

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Servings servings

Calories 440kcal

Author Kelli Shallal MPH RD

Equipment

Ingredients

Chicken

Sauce

1 cup orange juice, pulp free
⅔ cup coconut aminos or soy sauce
1 orange zest of medium to large orange
¼ cup brown sugar or coconut sugar
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 tbsp water

Instructions

Dry chicken with paper towels. Cut chicken into bite-size pieces. Toss with cornstarch and panko breadcrumbs.
1 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs , 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast , 3 tablespoon cornstarch, ¼ cup panko breadcrumbs
Spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray, add chicken in a single layer, and spray chicken. Air Fry at 400F for 20 -25 minutes, flipping halfway. Respray the chicken with cooking spray after flipping.
Make a cornstarch slurry by adding just enough water to the cornstarch to make it liquidity. Then, combine the slurry with the rest of the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-high, whisking continuously until the sauce is thickened. It should be able to coat the back of a spoon in a really thick syrup. If your sauce isn't thickening after 7-10 minutes, you can add more cornstarch/starch, 1 teaspoon at a time, until the desired thickening takes effect. See the swaps section for notes about the substitution of corn starch.
1 cup orange juice, pulp free, ⅔ cup coconut aminos, 1 orange zest of medium to large orange , ¼ cup brown sugar , 2 tablespoon cornstarch , 1 tablespoon water
When both the chicken and sauce are done, pour the sauce over the chicken and enjoy!

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Notes

*Note calories/nutrition facts are only an estimate. You will have more sauce than you need, sauce discarded is not accounted for in the nutrition facts.

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