Orange Chicken

Mom gave me a number of oranges from her orange tree.  I decided to try to use those oranges to make Orange Chicken.  I then found this orange chicken recipe.

I didn't have any Panko breadcrumbs since Mike used all of it, even though he only needed half of it, for the Chicken Parmesan recipe.  I used regular breadcrumbs instead.  I also didn't have Mirin, so I didn't use any.  I also don't like Siracha sauce, so I didn't put any in there either.

The dish turned out OK.  The chicken wasn't as "crunchy" as it could have been.  This might have been because I didn't use Panko breadcrumbs.  Also, the smaller pieces of chicken turned out a little overcooked.  I would cut the chicken into larger pieces next time.

Also, the recipe said to add the cornstarch directly to the sauce that was cooking on the stove.  This caused the orange "glaze"/sauce to have lumps of cornstarch in it.  I then remembered that Mom always told me to add cornstarch to cold water and then add that to the sauce.  I put some more cornstarch to about a quarter cup of cold water and added it to the sauce.  After I did that, the sauce started thickening up.

I squeezed almost two whole oranges in order to get the amount of orange juice I needed to make half the recipe.