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Vegan Orange ‘Chicken’

by frankie April 20, 2022October 26, 2022
April 20, 2022October 26, 2022
Vegan orange chicken recipe

For this Chinese-inspired recipe, we use shiitake mushrooms to create our crispy fried ‘chicken’, which we coat in a gloriously sweet and sticky sauce. You can also serve this with steamed vegetables for more of a complete meal. Yum.

  • Sometimes we like to serve this with steamed vegetables, such as broccoli and green beans if we want to create a more balanced meal.
  • If you can’t find shiitake mushrooms, you can simply use regular closed cup or chestnut mushrooms.
  • It’s important the oil is hot when you fry the mushrooms, otherwise they might turn out greasy. If you do have a thermometer, the oil temperature you’re looking for should be approximately 180°C / 356°F.

Vegan Orange ‘Chicken’

Serves: 4 people Prep Time: 25 mins Cooking Time: 15 mins 15 mins
Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat

Ingredients

  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • salt + pepper
  • 300g (10.6oz) shiitake mushrooms, sliced into bite-sized pieces
  • vegetable oil, we use rapeseed oil
  • 4 portions of jasmine rice
  • 2 spring onions, chopped
  • sesame seeds, for topping

For the sauce:

  • 2 large oranges
  • 1/2 thumb of fresh ginger, peeled + finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled + finely chopped
  • 4 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 4 tbsp caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch in the US)

Method

  1. Combine the flour, baking powder, large pinches of salt and pepper and 1 cup of water in a large mixing bowl to create a batter.
  2.  Drop the shiitake mushroom pieces into the bowl and stir to coat them in the batter. Add a splash of water if the batter is too thick. Then leave the bowl to one side.
  3. Grate enough zest from one of the oranges to create 1 teaspoon of zest. Then squeeze out as much juice from the oranges as possible.
  4. Add the zest and orange juice to a mixing bowl, along with the ginger, garlic, soy sauce, sugar and rice wine vinegar.
  5. Mix the cornflour with 2 tablespoons of water in a small bowl to create a cornflour slurry. Then pour the slurry into the orange sauce, stir to combine all the ingredients, then leave to one side.
  6. Cook the rice as per the packet instructions, then keep it covered and leave it to one side.
  7. Pour enough vegetable oil into a saucepan or wok until it’s 2cm-3cm (1”) deep. Make sure the oil is hot on a medium heat. You can test by dropping some batter into the oil. If it sizzles immediately, then it’s ready.
  8. Carefully drop the mushroom pieces into the hot oil - you will need to do this in batches to avoid overcrowding the pan. Cook for 2-4 minutes or until golden and crispy, then transfer on top of kitchen paper to soak up any excess oil and sprinkle over some salt. Repeat until you’ve cooked all the mushroom pieces.
  9. Remove the oil from the pan and pour in the orange mixture. On a medium heat, cook the sauce for 3-5 minutes or until it has thickened slightly, then drop in the crispy mushroom pieces and stir to combine.
  10. Serve the mushroom ‘chicken’ with the cooked rice and top with spring onion and sesame seeds. Delicious!
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4 Comments

Century Foods May 4, 2022 - 4:57 am

Thank you, love your recipe’s instructions. Very well explained. I am really excited to make this one with my sister

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Ben, So Vegan May 4, 2022 - 12:04 pm

Thank you!

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CENTURY FOODS June 19, 2022 - 9:13 am

Looking forward for your next recipe! 🙂

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Vegan Vamp June 27, 2022 - 7:20 pm

This was absolutely delicious, thank you. The nicest vegan Indian curry ever. I added vegetable stock for extra flavour and to thin the cream sauce a little. Yum.

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