Thai Spicy Noodles And Orange Chicken!

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  Step 1

  In a box or a ziplock :
  >Juice of 1/2 orange
  >Zest of 1 orange
  >Ginger 1tsp
  >Garlic 1tsp
  >Salt and sugar to taste
  >Ground paprika 1 tbsp, more or less.(as per taste)
  >Soy sauce 1 tsp
  >Cinder vinegar 1 tsp

  Make the exact same sauce twice and store the second one for later.

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  Step 2

  Marinate 1 pound chicken cut into 1 inch sized pieces in the sauce.

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  Step 3

  Toss the pieces in corn flour to coat well.

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  Step 4

  Pan-fry with little oil in batches till golden brown.

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  Step 5

  Let the oil drain.

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  Step 6

  Add some more oil to the pan and saute 1 tbsp ginger and 1 tbsp garlic.

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  Step 7

  Add the sauce to and 1 cup of water

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  Step 8

  Add 1 tbsp cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp water and mix well.
  Once the sauce bubbles add the cornflour mix in a stream, stirring all the while till it thickens.

  (I doubled the sauce quantity as I wanted to make a lot of gravy)

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  Step 9

  Add the fried chicken ...

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  Step 10

  ...and mix well.

  There's your Orange Chicken!

  Now lets make that spicy Noodles :D

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  Step 11

  Pound some dried red chillies

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  Step 12

  Heat some oil in a pan. I used olive oil but you can use a mixture of peanut oil and olive oil or vegetable oil. Add the pounded chillies to it and heat it till the oil starts to smoke.

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  Step 13

  Sieve the oil and discard the chilli residue.
  Transfer the oil back into the pan and heat it again.

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  Step 14

  Add 1 tbsp each of minced ginger, garlic and scallion whites. Saute for a minute on high heat.

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  Step 15

  Toss in 2 shredded carrots, 2 thinly sliced onions and a handful of chopped french beans. Saute on high heat for a min.

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  Step 16

  Add a mixture of 2 tbsp soy sauce and 2 tbsp honey(adjust honey to taste. 2 tbsp made it too sweet for my liking.)

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  Step 17

  Mix well and saute for another couple of minutes.

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  Step 18

  Add 200 gms noodles (cooked as per instructions)

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  Step 19

  Toss well for 2-3 min on high heat.

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  Step 20

  Serve with orange chicken. Garnish both with scallion greens.

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