Mandarin Orange Chicken
Mandarin Orange Chicken

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, mandarin orange chicken. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mandarin Orange Chicken is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Mandarin Orange Chicken is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mandarin orange chicken using 8 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mandarin Orange Chicken:
  1. Make ready 2 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast
  2. Get 1 cup juice of 3 mandarin oranges
  3. Make ready 3/4 cup brown sugar
  4. Get 1 orange zest of 4 mandarin oranges
  5. Take 2 stick fresh thyme
  6. Take 1 bunch baby spinach
  7. Make ready 3 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  8. Prepare 4 tbsp minced garlic
Steps to make Mandarin Orange Chicken:
  1. Heat EVOO in two large skillets (1 Tbsp for chicken, 2 Tbsp for spinach)
  2. Add chicken breasts to skillet with 1 Tbsp EVOO over medium-low heat.
  3. Add minced garlic and chopped thyme to the chicken.
  4. Zest four mandarin oranges.
  5. Add zest to chicken.
  6. Turn chicken as necessary. It should be collecting some color, not cooking through.
  7. Juice three mandarin oranges in a mixing bowl. It should come close to 1 cup.
  8. Add brown sugar to mixing bowl.
  9. Mix sugar and juice until they combine.
  10. Pour mixture on top of chicken.
  11. Raise heat to medium-high and allow to simmer for 20-25 minutes.
  12. Add spinach to pan with 2 Tbsp EVOO and toss to coat leaves over low heat.
  13. Add 3 Tbsp garlic and toss leaves to mix.
  14. Plate the spinach after leaves wilt a bit.
  15. Plate the chicken on top of the spinach.
  16. Retain the liquids from the chicken pan and use as a sauce to top the chicken.
  17. Serve hot.

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