Making Panda Express Orange Chicken At Home | But Better

Pizza Hut can't hide in and out can't hide not even the pyramid can hide next up a nun chopping block let's roll seven or compete against Panda Express even for myself years ago I used to enjoy orange chicken but it's genuinely been probably I don't wanna oh I want to say like six years or so since I've had it whoa one second I've got an important announcement the merch is here boom so we got the apron made it of strong but comfortable canvas hand drawn embroidered smiley but yours truth it's got a fro kick don't we got a frock it yeah we do it's got two pockets wait no it's got three pockets this cup pockets inside pockets not to mention it's adjustable neck strap cute and efficient buttons let's not forget that we wear dad hats because it's it's cool okay I don't know got on a santoku for the cute little smiling last but not least the shirt and also let's not forget my last second change where I change slap to the word Spanky says I love you and that concludes our merch promo the link is in the description the apron that everybody's been requesting it is here so go click the link but with that said let's make this shall we this is much smaller than I anticipated you'd be smelling kind of like garlic and so we got Bluebird I asked for a small beef with broccoli on the side and they gave me this and then did not realize it would be this small ok so here is our orange chicken I actually like this box I will say it you like I've always loved takeout boxes I think there's an ad like I remember this meaning better it's not good there's no flavor or texture not crazy tell me this is not like act like kind of horrible we are gonna win okay so first we need to make our orange chicken sauce in a medium saucepan gonna combine 3/4 of a cup or 170 grams of granulated sugar 3/4 of a cup 180 milliliters of white vinegar 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon or 90 milliliters of double fermented soy sauce or you know regular I don't know if you booze you like me and 1/4 cup or 60 milliliters of water then the zest and juice of one door hinge mix all that together and then bring that up to a boil over high heat as soon as it comes to a boil reduce your heat to medium and simmer during that summer time optionally you can add a splash of sashing wine and a splash of ching-chong vinegar really threw myself under the bus with the pronunciation here then simmer for 8 to 10 minutes or until reduces about 25% then separately gonna mix together 1 tablespoon or 10 grams of cornstarch with 1 tablespoon of water until thoroughly makes knife got your slurry then we set into your hot sauce and then simmer for an additional minute or until thickened with 23 C's then immediately to that you're gonna add 4 cloves of garlic graded a 1 inch knob of ginger grated and 1/2 to red Fresno chilies finely minced now make sure that you're adding these at the end of trust me don't add them in boil away that you're gonna make the garlic go bitter you must add this at the end while it's still hot and then let it steep that's it then it's done the sauce is done it takes 15 minutes now for the fried chicken you're gonna need one and a half pounds of chicken thighs cut those into bite-size pieces about her one and a half inches thick lightly season them with salt you could also add msg if you wanted to if you want to be really fancy I chose not to do that in a medium-sized bowl combine one cup per 140 grams of cornstarch with half a cup or 75 grams of all-purpose flour whisk together until thoroughly combined and then in a separate Bowl you gonna whisk together two whole eggs do some fancy little tricks with him I guess this is splash of water whisk that together and you've got your dredge stations sent okay so to properly cut your chicken first toss a handful of pieces in the flour mixture what's there thoroughly coated shake off the excess place them in the egg mixture toss toss toss and then back into the flour mixture coating every single surface I don't want any wet spots place them to the side and rinse the repeat with the rest of your chicken pieces once all your chickens ready prepare large heavy bottomed pop filled with oil let's say oil at least three inches deep preheat the oil to 375 degrees Fahrenheit what's this nice and hot fryer chicken and badges for about three to five minutes or until light light light light light golden this won't get super dark what's it's quiz being cooked on the inside pull it out let it slightly cool in a wire wrap please so your fried chicken in a bowl drizzle with an appropriate amount of your sauce toss like you see here until everything is completely coated if it's not getting totally coated add a little more sauce keep tossing until every little crevice is coated in-house that's pretty much it you fry the chicken you coated in the sauce and well you eat it now of course optionally you can put some green onion on top maybe some fresh sliced red Fresno it's up to you come on come on obviously two very different products this is a million miles better it's salty sweet super PAC to mommy it's got really good acidity to it too you've got that punchy garlic Innes whatever you want your orange chicken and this has everything and more but one more taste of the Panda after eating that oh my god no it's not even a fair comparison we won I need you to come try this right off the bat which one you think is better that's one there's more color that's it what also looks better it looks more crispy oh it's borderline taste bad we won but better again we always win I would like to see someone who can take up the challenge billion-dollar corporations I'm just playing please don't please don't send your attorneys do you wanna know what else sends their attorneys merch aura Kaizen that is it's so pen Xpress orange chicken at home we snapped on this one I mean we really snapped this was genuinely one of the most revolutionary changes in flavor that I think we've had on this entire series making it at home taking the time to make it is genuinely far more worth it might take a little more time but man you are not gonna regret it I promise you that I'm not gonna try and convince you to make it if you don't wanna make it I don't care so with all that said if you enjoyed this video or you learned something leave a like subscribe and I will see you next time really gonna honk right when we're close [Music]

Channel: Joshua Weissman

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Length: 7min 4sec (424 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 19 2020