Orange Chicken Burrito

by Sabrina Snyder

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6 Servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
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Orange Chicken Burrito with Panda Express Orange Chicken sauce takes 30 minutes to make and tastes like a mix of two favorite takeout spots.

This recipe answers all your “Chinese food or Mexican food” Dinner dilemmas. With crispy Ground Orange Chicken, lightly seasoned broccoli, and steamed rice, you will LOVE the flavor in this fun new way to eat orange chicken.

Sabrina’s Orange Chicken Burrito Recipe

This Ground Orange Chicken Burrito is the perfect weeknight meal or use for your leftovers if you had enjoyed the recipe previously as an entree. The ground chicken is amazing because it has a perfectly crispy texture because I brown it well before breaking the meat apart. Plus it still has that addicting Panda Express Orange Chicken sauce that we all love. 

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Orange Chicken Burrito Recipe

Orange Chicken Burrito with Panda Express Orange Chicken sauce takes 30 minutes to make and tastes like a mix of two favorite takeout spots.
Yield 6 Servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Author Sabrina Snyder
Finished burrito with rice, chicken, and veggies
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Ingredients
 

  • 1 pound ground chicken
  • 1 tablespoons ginger root , minced
  • 2 teaspoons garlic , minced
  • 1/4 tsp hot red chili pepper , crushed
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 4 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 5 tablespoons sugar
  • 5 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 1/2 orange zest
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 3 cups cooked rice
  • 1 1/2 cups cooked broccoli
  • 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon sriracha , (or more, if you like sriracha)
  • 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
  • 6 large tortillas

Instructions

  • To make the sauce combine the rice wine, 2 tablespoons water, sesame oil, soy sauce, sugar, white vinegar, and orange zest.
  • To make the cornstarch mixture, dissolve 1 tablespoon cornstarch in the remaining 1 tablespoon of water and set aside.
  • To a large pan add 1 tablespoon oil and ground chicken.
  • Cook until a good crust forms before breaking apart, then finish cooking by breaking it apart with a spatula and cooking for an additional 2-3 minutes.
  • Once the chicken is cooked add the ginger, garlic and crushed red pepper and cook for about 10 seconds.
  • Add the orange sauce and bring to boil.
  • Add the cornstarch mixture to the pan and cook for just a few seconds, stirring until it thickens.
  • Warm a large burrito sized tortilla in the microwave for just a few seconds.
  • In a small bowl mix the broccoli with the oyster sauce, sriracha and mayonnaise.
  • Scoop on ½ cup of white rice, ¼ cup broccoli mixture, ½ cup of ground orange chicken and a squirt of Sriracha (if you like Sriracha)
  • Fold in two sides then roll the burrito.
  • Wrap with foil.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 433kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 572mg | Potassium: 555mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 145IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 4mg

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Sabrina’s tips

Quality ingredients make a big difference in any recipe! A few to particularly keep in mind for this recipe are soy sauce and sesame oil. For soy sauce there is none better than Kikkoman for overall flavor. For Sesame Oil make sure to find an authentic one, as some brands use synthetic ingredients.

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About this Recipe

I recently started making all of my favorite Chinese food flavors into ground meat options and burritos. The reaction by friends and coworkers who’ve tried them has been awesome. Most people were totally surprised when they took their first bite after just being told, “It’s a chicken burrito,” and every single one of them had some variation of “Woah, why didn’t I ever think of this?” to say.

Ingredients

  • Sesame Oil: The flavor of sesame oil in this dish is unmistakable and cannot be substituted.
  • Rice Wine: Adds an authentic flavor to the sauce. In a pinch, if you absolutely can’t find it, you can substitute white wine, but it will make it taste slightly different.

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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  1. Fantastic fusion recipe. Now I can finally eat Chinese easier while on the go. 

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  6. This is such a great idea! You are right! Why didn’t I ever think about this?!!! 🙂

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  7. This looks so good! Yummy! This would be an easy yet scrumptious meal to make during the week for dinner.

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