Paleo Orange Chicken

Added on July 14th, 2011 by our friend

Cooking Steps

In a medium sized pot on medium heat, add the orange juice, zest, ginger, coconut aminos and chili garlic sauce. Let simmer to reduce and thicken while the chicken cooks.

In a saute pan, heat 3 T of FOC over medium high heat. Add chicken and cook until golden brown, approximately 5-6 minutes.

Add the chicken to the sauce and stir coat

Garnish with green onions

Adopted from Megan Keatley at www.health-bent.com

Serves 3
15 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1 lb boneless chicken breast or thighs cut into bite sized pieces
  • 3 T coconut oil
  • juice from 2 oranges
  • 2 T orange zest
  • 1 t fresh grated ginger
  • 1/4 cup coconut aminos or wheat-free soy sauce
  • 1 t chili garlic sauce
  • 3 green onions chopped
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9 Responses to “Paleo Orange Chicken”

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    Paleo Orange Chicken | Paleo Digest, on July 14th, 2011

  2. Made this for a late breakfast/early lunch with some steamed broccoli and yellow carrots. YUM! So glad I saw this earlier this morning — VERY quick to make before running kids around this afternoon.

    Beth, on July 14th, 2011

  3. I am prety new to paleo (3 months) sothis may be a stupid question. What does FOC stand for? I made a special trip to Whole Food for EVOO one day and didn’t realise it was just extra virgin olive oil. Trying not to make that same mistake again. thanks in advance for the help.
    P.S. Your site is great we make something from it just about daily.

    Jeremy, on July 18th, 2011
  4. Kristin Jekielek

    Hi Jeremy! Not sure what they were trying to get at with “FOC”, but it definitely means “coconut oil”. Just use 3 tablespoons of coconut oil to cook the chicken. I’d go with the regular organic stuff instead of the virgin organic because of the high-ish heat used.

    Kristin Jekielek, on July 18th, 2011

  5. FOC stands Fat Of Choice

    dustin, on July 18th, 2011

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  7. This was amazing. I let the sauce cook down until it was super thick, more of a glaze. I also added a teeny bit of honey and doubled the garlic chili sauce because I like spice. After I added it to the chicken and simmer down a tiny bit more, I threw in some raw cashews which added some crunch. Seriously delicious. I don’t like chicken, but I love this and will definitely be making it again. It was so easy, so fast, and so so good.

    Melissa, on July 20th, 2011

  8. As a newcomer to fastpaleo this is the first recipe I have tried and it is very easy to make and extremely tasty! I look forward to trying more recipes in the future.

    Christine Piggott, on November 16th, 2011

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