Sticky Thai Orange Peanut Chicken

Chicken, rice and a nice thick sauce are a great combination that leave you waiting in high anticipation for the dish to cook.  An orange sauce is just a perfect match for a chicken dish.  This dish uses a lot of spices and ingredients however they work so well together to create an wonderful result.

The chicken thighs provide a juicy base that are initially rubbed in a spice mixture.  They are then baked in a beautiful sauce of orange, marmalade and peanut butter which blend together perfectly.  The sauce is mixed with brown sugar, fish sauce & tomato sauce which help offset the sweetness.  The sauce bursts with orange flavour however it is not overpowering and soaks into the rice that is served with this dish.  This is just an amazing chicken dish that will become a firm favourite.

If you would like to ‘spice’ it up a little then add some ground chilli into the sauce.  Otherwise it bursts with flavour as is – it’s really your choice.

Whatever you do, put this on your menu soon!

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Sticky Thai Orange Peanut Chicken

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

25 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

• 8 Chicken Fillets use small thigh fillets
• 1 Spring Onion thinly sliced
• 1 Orange sliced in quarters
• 1 1/2 cups Long Grain White Rice

Thai Orange Peanut Sauce

• 150 g Marmalade
• 75 g Peanut Butter use smooth
• 120 ml Soy Sauce
• 3 tbsp Brown Sugar
• 2 tbsp Cornflour
• 1 tsp Ground Chilli optional or more / less to your preference
• 2 tbsp Tomato Sauce
• 1 tsp Fish Sauce
• 1 Orange Zest zest from one orange
• 120 ml Orange Juice
• 35 g roasted peanuts roughly chopped

Chicken Spice Mixture

• 1 tsp Ground Ginger
• 1 tsp Garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp Ground Paprika
• 1/2 tsp Ground Cumin
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/2 tsp Pepper
• 2 tbsp Olive Oil

Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 25 minutes Servings people Ingredients 8 Chicken Fillets use small thigh fillets 1 Spring Onion thinly sliced 1 Orange sliced in quarters 1 1/2 cups Long Grain White Rice Thai Orange Peanut Sauce 150 g Marmalade 75 g Peanut Butter use smooth 120 ml Soy Sauce 3 tbsp Brown Sugar 2 tbsp Cornflour 1 tsp Ground Chilli optional or more / less to your preference 2 tbsp Tomato Sauce 1 tsp Fish Sauce 1 Orange Zest zest from one orange 120 ml Orange Juice 35 g roasted peanuts roughly chopped Chicken Spice Mixture 1 tsp Ground Ginger 1 tsp Garlic powder 1/2 tsp Ground Paprika 1/2 tsp Ground Cumin 1/2 tsp Salt 1/2 tsp Pepper 2 tbsp Olive Oil

Instructions

1. Preheat a fan forced oven to 180°C (350°F).
2. Heat a saucepan and add all of the Thai Orange Peanut sauce ingredients - marmalade, peanut butter, soy sauce, brown sugar, cornflour, ground chilli, tomato sauce, fish sauce, orange zest, orange juice, roasted peanuts.
3. Stir and mix together and simmer for a few minutes until a thick stick sauce forms the set aside.
4. In a separate bowl combine all Chicken Spice Mixture ingredients and mix together.
5. Add chicken thighs and coat well.
6. Transfer chicken thighs to an oven proof frying pan (or baking dish) and cook for about 5 minutes, just until outside of chicken turns white.
7. Remove from heat & cover with thai orange peanut sauce, spread the sauce evenly over the thighs.
8. Squeeze juice from quartered orange over the chicken thighs and add quarters into baking dish with the chicken.
9. Bake for 15 minutes or until chicken is cooked.
10. Slice chicken and place on a bed of rice.
11. Spoon orange sauce over the chicken and garnish with spring onion and orange wedge.