![]() ![]() ![]() While the orange chicken has a sweet and sour flavor, is cooked with batter to make it crisp, and added sweetness to suit American tastes. ![]() This version was created for the subtropical climate that has mild winters in Hunan province, making it ideal to grow tangerines, oranges, and lemons native to Asia. The Chinese version was made using tangerine used in traditional Chinese medicine, they have a fresh and spicy taste. The taste is a bit different from the orang chicken we know due to American influence in their cuisine. This dish may perhaps be from the ‘tangerine chicken’ found in China’s Hunan province. Both General Tso’s chicken and the Orange Chicken are a ‘mutation’ of the sweet and sour based dishes found in China. the owner and founder of Panda Express, Andrew Cherng, explained that the orang chicken was a variation of General Tso’s Chicken, which is a dish unknown to China. While this Orang chicken can be found almost in every Chinese restaurant in America, this is rarely found in restaurants in China. Chef Andy Kao who claims to have developed the original Chinese orange chicken to the popularized orange chicken with American roots we have now in 1987, Hawaii at a Panda Express. There are a variety of Orang chicken recipes in North Amercan Chinese restaurants, with different chicken batters and pieces fried, different mixes of caramelized sauces, and presentations, and names from plain Orang chicken, orange peel chicken, tangerine chicken and even orange-flavored chicken, to General Tso’s chicken popular in United States. Orange Chicken a Chinese-American fusion dish with Hunanese origin. ![]()
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