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Easy Orange Chicken Recipe, Pretzel Brownies And More

This easy orange chicken recipe makes a tasty quick and easy meal. You’ll also find a meal plan, tips and a tasty pretzel brownies dessert.

Here's an easy way to make a delicious Asian style orange chicken with just a small amount of work! This orange chicken recipe makes a quick and easy meal your family is sure to love!

Easy Orange Chicken Recipe, Pretzel Brownies And More

Tips:

  • Disconnect a bunch of bananas at the stem to keep them fresh longer.

Cooking Mistakes

  • It is a mistake to boil water instead of simmering it. There is a difference. A simmer is where the bubbles are just under the surface of the water with one or two bubbles popping up once in a while. Boiling is when there are a lot of rapid bubbles on the surface. If a recipe says simmer, it is best to simmer. One example where this is important is when you are cooking meat. If you are in a hurry and you boil your meat for 30 minutes and then make it into a soup your meat will be very tough compared to simmering it for a couple of hours or more.
  • Another common cooking mistake is undercooking baked goods. When we first start cooking we are usually afraid we are going to burn something so we take it out before it is done. Unless the recipe states otherwise, leave your cakes, biscuits, cornbread and other baked goods in the oven long enough to brown slightly. Even if the toothpick test comes out clean, if it isn’t brown leave it in a bit longer.

Orange Chicken Meal Plan:

Orange Soda Chicken
Brown or Steamed Rice
Peas and Carrots
Pretzel Brownies

Recipes:

Here’s an easy way to make a delicious orange chicken with just a small amount of work! This orange chicken recipe makes a quick and easy meal. I would probably serve with rice and broccoli so it is tasty and easy!

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Here's an easy way to make a delicious Asian style orange chicken with just a small amount of work! This orange chicken recipe makes a quick and easy meal your family is sure to love!
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Here’s an easy way to make a delicious Asian style orange chicken with just a small amount of work! This orange chicken recipe makes a quick and easy meal your family is sure to love!

  • Author: Jill Cooper

Ingredients

4–5 chicken breasts
1 can diet orange soda
1/3 cup soy sauce

Instructions

  1. Combine chicken, orange soda and soy sauce in a gallon freezer bag. Refrigerate overnight.
  2. Preheat oven to 350°
  3. Bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
  4. Baste it every now and then while it is cooking.

Notes

  • You can also make this recipe in the crockpot. It has a wonderful flavor. To cook in the crockpot, cook on low for 3-4 hours.
  • If you like to make it fancier, you can garnish with orange slices and or green onions.
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  • Author: Jill Cooper

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3/4 cup butter, melted
3 cups crushed pretzels
3 Tbsp. sugar
1 box brownie mix
1/4 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°
  2. Melt the butter in a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
  3. Stir in the crushed pretzels and sugar and spread on the inside of the baking dish to make the crust.
  4. Bake for 8 minutes.
  5. Prepare a brownie mix according to the box directions.
  6. Pour over the prepared crust.
  7. Bake for 35-40 minutes. (Do not over-bake.)
  8. Cool.
  9. When cooled, melt chocolate chips and peanut butter together in the microwave. Stir until smooth.
  10. Spread over the top of the baked and cooled brownies.
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  1. Linda

    April 12, 2012 at 10:18 am

    I do not use anything with aspertine in it which most if not all diet drinks have. I was wondering if it is ok to use regular orange drink? Sounds nice and easy and good.

    Reply
    • Jill

      April 12, 2012 at 11:03 am

      Yes you can use regular and I would use regular myself.

      Reply
  2. Tina Horner

    April 12, 2012 at 10:36 am

    Is the DIET orange necessary? And, what do you serve this with?

    Reply
    • Jill

      April 12, 2012 at 11:02 am

      No you don’t need to use diet. It is just that so many are so concerned about eating healthy that many recipes call for diet this and low fat that. I personally would use regular orange. This is kind of like sweet and sour chicken so you could serve it with something like rice or anything you would serve sweet and sour chicken with.

      Reply
    • Rita Wrench

      June 16, 2022 at 4:33 pm

      I like the recipes I see, I’d love to try them!!! Simple and delicious recipes are my favorites!!!!

      Reply
  3. Tina Horner

    April 12, 2012 at 11:14 am

    Thanks. I am making this tomorrow in the crockpot!

    Reply
  4. Bea

    April 12, 2012 at 12:44 pm

    That chicken sounds SO good. Will make soon.

    Reply
  5. Krista

    April 12, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    Just wanted to thank you for sending me the great book I won in your contest!

    Reply
  6. Barbara

    April 12, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    Menu/Orange Soda Chicken

    Do you pour the marinade into the baking dish with the chicken? Do you cover the dish for baking the chicken?

    Re. aspertame. Some diet sodas use Splenda, which I like.

    Thank you.

    Barbara

    Reply
    • Jill

      April 12, 2012 at 4:46 pm

      Yes you just dump it all into the pan or you can do crock pot. In the pan you bake it uncovered but be sure to baste it with some of the juices once in awhile. If you aren’t going to be there to baste it then cover it and forget it. The skin just won’t be a nice brown or as crispy.

      Reply
      • MaryR

        November 2, 2022 at 5:08 am

        Hi Jill . . . in your reply you mentioned that “the skin” won’t be crispy. Does the recipe mean to say to use 3-4 skin on chicken breasts? Or are we to use skinless chicken breasts. Thank you in advance for your guidance. Love the sound of this recipe.

        Reply
        • Jill

          November 2, 2022 at 10:37 am

          Mary you can use either. Both ways taste good. With or without the skin

          Reply
  7. Ruth

    April 13, 2012 at 6:08 am

    I have downloaded the brownie recipe, sounds different and yummy. We eat a church every week and I have dessert this week and will be making the recipe. Thank you for your newsletter, I enjoy it just haven’t commented before.

    Reply
  8. loma

    April 13, 2012 at 9:01 am

    I guess I am having a blonde moment, but on the tip for the bananas, do you mean to separate each banana?

    Reply
    • Jill

      April 13, 2012 at 9:24 am

      Don’t feel bad Loma I have a few of those moments too. Now I not only have blonde moments but senoir citizen moments – lethal combination. : ) Yes you pull each banana off of the bunch. I have tried it twice and it seems to have worked. Even though I buy as few bananas as I can they always seem to ripen faster then I can eat them and doing this actually gave me a few extra days to get them eaten.

      Reply
  9. loma

    April 13, 2012 at 9:25 am

    Thanks! I love bananas, but I have the same problem with them ripening too fast!

    Reply
  10. Brenda D.

    April 13, 2012 at 11:03 am

    The orange soda chicken sounds really good. I will give that a try this weekend for Sunday dinner. I may add a can of pineapple chunks and a pinch of chopped ginger and maybe some garlic. Makes my mouth water just thinking of it! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Jill

      April 13, 2012 at 11:20 am

      Oh all those extras do sound good add to it.

      Reply
  11. Bea

    April 13, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    I’m going to make the chicken over the weekend. Maybe I will add some pineapple and garlic. Sounds yummy.

    Reply
  12. kim

    April 13, 2012 at 2:34 pm

    My husband is allergic to soy. Is there anything I can substitue the spy with in the Orange soda chicken.

    Also, all cookies bread rolls and biscuits come out of my oven burned on the bottom and the rest undercooked. Do you have any suggestions on how to avoid this.

    Reply
    • Jill

      April 13, 2012 at 4:34 pm

      I’m not sure what you could use in place of the soy sauce Kim. As far as the things burning in your over there could be something wrong with the top or bottom element in your oven. You can though until you get it fixed bake things on a higher rack and not in the middle and see if that helps some.

      Reply
    • Shirlene Weber

      September 20, 2015 at 1:48 pm

      Braggs Amino Acid is a good replacement for soy sauce.

      Reply
    • Sherry

      November 1, 2022 at 2:37 pm

      I had a propane oven doing just that. I placed a pizza stone on the same shelf where the broiler pan is. Unglazed tile would work also. Solved that,it distrubits the heat more evenly.

      Reply
    • Cheryl

      June 1, 2023 at 6:14 pm

      You could use Marmite, Promite or Vegemite.

      Reply
    • Kay

      October 31, 2023 at 3:44 pm

      That happened in all our different RV ovens, until I added a Pizza stone and bake cookies, rolls and biscuits right on it.

      Reply
  13. Sandi P

    April 13, 2012 at 4:44 pm

    Kim, I used to have the problem of things burning or overcooked on the bottom, but on one of the comments on another article someone mentioned using an extra cookie sheet under the pan you are using. Since doing this, I haven’t had anything else burn on the bottom.
    As far as the soy sauce substitute, the sauce is mostly a salty flavor, so you can use garlic salt, steak sauce, pickle juice, or even juice or wine. It will taste different, but I’ve used all of these at one time or another when I’ve been out of soy sauce.

    Reply
  14. Bea

    April 14, 2012 at 11:40 am

    There are recipes for Soy Sauce substitutes.
    Mock Soy Sauce
    4 tablespoons beef bouillon
    4 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
    2 teaspoons molasses
    1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
    1 pinch pepper
    1 pinch garlic powder
    1-1/2 cups water
    In a saucepan over medium heat add all the ingredients. Bring to a boil and let simmer 15 minutes.

    Reply
  15. Bea

    May 11, 2012 at 11:59 am

    Here is an interesting recipe.
    Lemon Pepper Chicken

    1 cup Italian dressing
    2/3 cup powdered lemonade flavor drink mix
    2-1/4 teaspoons pepper
    3-4 chicken breasts
    Mix together the dressing, lemonade mix and pepper. Stir well and pour onto chicken in pan. Cover and marinate in refrigerator for at least 8 hours or overnight. Take out and bake for about an hour at 350 degrees. Baste occasionally.

    Reply
    • Jill

      May 11, 2012 at 2:15 pm

      Thanks again for another yummy recipe Bea

      Reply
  16. Bea

    May 12, 2012 at 11:52 am

    You’re welcome Jill. Hope you and Tawra have beautiful Mother’s Days. God Bless.

    Reply
  17. Brenda

    June 5, 2012 at 2:40 pm

    I used to take care of a lady that took her bananas and separated them, wrapped each one in newspaper and put them in the bottom drawer of her fridge. They lasted for a very long time this way.

    Reply
  18. Maggie

    April 19, 2013 at 12:59 pm

    Bea, I love your recipe for mock soy sauce. I have taken balsamic vinegar, added some brown sugar and ginger and that has been a good substitute too. It cuts down on the sodium (and I need less of that) and yet still gives that great Chinese flavor. I just cook it down until it is the thickness I need. If you want it thinner, add some low sodium beef boullion. Can’t wait to try this orange soda chicken.

    Reply
  19. Bea

    April 25, 2013 at 10:04 am

    That chicken sounds yummy. I’m going to make it on Sunday.

    Reply
  20. cheryl

    March 27, 2015 at 5:35 pm

    You actually must use diet orange soda sweetened with splenda or stevia in this recipe – you can’t cook with aspartame because it loses its sweetness. As for a sub for soy sauce, you can use coconut aminos.

    Reply
  21. grizzly bear mom

    September 28, 2015 at 11:02 am

    Your baked goods may be burning because your oven is too hot. Try using a better grade cookie sheet or pan, or putting a second one under the first. You could also test your oven’s temperature, but that requires purchasing a thermometer.

    Reply
  22. Dorothy Divis

    September 13, 2019 at 1:00 pm

    Can I replace the orange soda with Tang or orange juice ? Thank you.

    ?

    Reply
    • Jill

      September 17, 2019 at 10:51 am

      I have never tried it with orange juice so I really don’t know. It might not be as tender but you maybe could get by with it.

      Reply
  23. Dorothy Divis

    September 13, 2019 at 1:07 pm

    Bragg liquid aminos is a natural soy sauce alternative.

    Reply
  24. Verna

    October 30, 2024 at 6:56 pm

    Love your recipes I’m vegan but will adapt them thanks also for the candy recipes

    Reply

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Here's an easy way to make a delicious Asian style orange chicken with just a small amount of work! This orange chicken recipe makes a quick and easy meal your family is sure to love!