Orange Chicken with Yum Yum Sauce
Tender-Crisp Broccoli & White Rice
Cooking time
25 minutes
Servings
2/4
Calories
880 /serving
Yum yum sauce is classic Americana, winking to the flavours of Japanese hibachi restaurants. So we’ll tell you right now that the secret ingredient is ketchup (the other is mayo!). It’s the perfect retro dip for orange-garlic glazed chicken, balanced with white rice and generous veggies.
We will send you:
- 2 Canadian-raised chicken breasts (air chilled)
- 200g Broccoli florets
- 3 Cucumbers
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 2 Scallions
- 60ml Mayonnaise
- 160g White rice
- 30ml Orange sauce
- 15ml Ketchup
- 12g Mellow Sesame spices (brown sugar, sea salt, white sesame seeds, garlic, sunflower oil, paprika oleoresin, ginger, black pepper)
Contains: Eggs • Sesame • Soy • Sulphites • Wheat
You will need:
Medium pot
Oil
Salt & pepper (S&P)
Air fryer
Total Fat
36 g
Saturated Fat
4 g
Sodium
970 mg
Total Carb
90 g
Sugars
16 g
Protein
50 g
Fibre
4 g
Preparation
Cook the rice
- Preheat the air fryer to 400°F. Lightly oil the basket.
- In a medium pot, combine the rice, 1 ¼ cups waterand a big pinch of salt (double the water and salt for 4 portions); bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat, cover and simmer, 17 to 20 min., until the rice is tender and the water has been absorbed.
- Remove from the heat and let sit, covered, for 5 min. Fluff the rice.
Fry the broccoli
- Meanwhile, thinly slice the scallions crosswise, separating the white bottoms and green tops.
- In a medium bowl, combine the broccoli (halve if large), a drizzle of oil, the white bottoms of the scallions and S&P.
- Add the broccoli to the air fryer and fry, 6 to 8 min., until tender. Reserve the bowl.
Mise en place
- Meanwhile, halve the cucumbers lengthwise; thinly slice crosswise on an angle.
- In the reserved bowl, combine the cucumbers, a drizzle of oil and S&P.
- Mince the garlic.
- In a small bowl, make the yum yum sauce by combining the mayo, ketchup, ½ the garlic, ½ the spices, 1 tsp water (double for 4 portions) and S&P.
- Pat the chicken dry and thinly slice into strips; drizzle with oil and season with the remaining spices and S&P.
Fry the chicken
- Place the chicken* in the air fryer and fry, 8 to 10 min., until cooked through.
- Transfer to a large bowl and add the orange sauce and remaining garlic.
- Return to the air fryer and fry, 2 to 3 min., until glazed and sticky.
Plate your dish
- Divide the rice between your plates.
- Top with the chicken, broccoli and cucumbers.
- Garnish with the green tops of the scallions.
- Serve the yum yum sauce on the side. Bon appétit!
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*Health Canada recommends cooking poultry to a minimum internal temperature of 74°C.
