Brainy Orange Chicken with Lo Mein and Peanuts...

Don't be disappointed ever again, cook Brainy Orange Chicken at home... 

For this dish, you will need: boneless chicken breasts (as many per person), cooking oils (veg and coconut), flour, buttermilk, lo mein noodles (sub.with angel hair pasta), chicken stock, orange sauce, onion, spinach leaves, ginger, garlic and red pepper paste as well as peanuts (low sodium). 

To begin, cut chicken breasts into large nugget cubes and set aside. Put one cup of buttermilk in a bowl for batter preparation. Fill a plastic bag with flour (1 cup) along with a dash of salt, garlic powder, black pepper and paprika. Put the cut chicken pieces into the buttermilk and then into the flour bag and give it a good shake. 

In a large deep skillet, melt into 1 and half cups of veg oil, 2 tbs of coconut oil... more than less. Start to fry your battered chicken when oil is hot. When chicken is browned all around, remove and place in a glass baking dish. Also, preheat oven to 325. Continue to fry chicken nuggets until all have been fried and placed into the glass baking dish.Then, place in oven.

Drain out the used frying oil, wipe out the skillet and prepare to cook pasta. First, stir fry chopped onion with at least or more one tbs of garlic, ginger and red pepper paste in olive oil and tbs of coconut oil. Then, break in half (one box) pasta or lo mein (dry) into the skillet and stir. Add to that 1 cup of chicken stock and 3/4 cup of water. Cook until pasta is firm or tender. Lastly, add torn up or shredded fresh spinach leaves. 

 

Finally, take chicken from the oven and stir in orange sauce covering every piece... ladle pasta into a serving dish, top with chicken in orange sauce and top with peanuts then serve!

~ Tutti a Tavola!