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    Home » Recipes » Dinner » Crispy Orange Chicken Bowls

    Modified: May 6, 2025 · Published: Mar 6, 2023 by Angela G. · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Crispy Orange Chicken Bowls

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    Crispy popcorn chicken and stir-fry vegetables served over rice with an Asian-style orange sauce. A delicious dinner, ready in 20 minutes!

    Crispy Chicken and Vegetable Rice Bowl - Easy Dinner
    Crispy Orange Chicken and Vegetable Rice Bowl
    Crispy Chicken and Vegetable Rice Bowl
    Orange Chicken and Vegetable Rice Bowl
    Crispy Chicken and Vegetable Rice Bowl - Easy Dinner
    Crispy Orange Chicken and Vegetable Rice Bowl
    Crispy Chicken and Vegetable Rice Bowl
    Orange Chicken and Vegetable Rice Bowl

    Pair these Crispy Orange Chicken Bowl with some Pineapple-Orange Rum Punch, Ramen Noodle Asian Slaw Salad, and Peach Cobbler for dessert.

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    • ★ Why You'll Love this Recipe ★
    • ★ Ingredients You'll Need ★
    • ★ How to Make this Recipe ★
    • ★ Tips & FAQs ★
    • ★ More Bowl Dinner Recipes ★
    • Crispy Orange Chicken and Vegetable Bowl

    ★ Why You'll Love this Recipe ★

    A complete meal in one bowl!

    You'll love this super easy and delicious dinner! Made with crispy chicken and mixed vegetables tossed in a simple, sweet and spicy Asian sauce, all served over white rice.

    Crispy Chicken and Vegetable Rice Bowl

    A Quick and Easy Meal

    This recipe is very simple to prep when you start with frozen popcorn chicken and frozen mixed vegetables. You can make your own rice or use pre-cooked rice or minute rice.

    These simple shortcuts save a ton of time.

    Easy Homemade Orange Chicken Sauce

    You'll love the sauce. The sweet and spicy orange sauce coats the crispy chicken, vegetables, and rice tying everything together and adding the perfect amount of flavor.

    ★ Ingredients You'll Need ★

    You'll need just 8 total ingredients to pull this entire meal together!

    Here's everything you'll need:

    Crispy Orange Chicken Bowls Ingredients
    • Popcorn chicken. You can find this pre-cooked chicken in the frozen foods aisle. Just bake or air fry according to the package instructions to heat and crisp the outside.
    • Orange marmalade. This sweet and tangy jam adds the perfect amount of flavor, texture, and a touch of sweetness to this dish.
    • Yellow mustard. Just standard yellow mustard works or you can try Chinese mustard which is a bit stronger in mustard flavor and has a little spice too.
    • Rice vinegar. This adds a nice tang to your sauce that cuts through and complements the sweetness.
    • Teriyaki sauce. Choose your favorite brand.
    • Broccoli stir fry vegetables. You can use any medley of fresh or frozen vegetables but I really like the stir-fry vegetables with broccoli for this dish. This variety includes baby corn, broccoli, Italian green beans, carrots, water chestnuts, and red bell peppers.
    • White rice. I like to cook a big batch of white rice ahead of time and freeze it 2 cups at a time. Just microwave to defrost and fluff with a fork.

    For Garnish

    • Green onions. This adds a final layer of spice and a little crunch too. These aren't required but add a yummy finish.
    • Sriracha sauce. Add to taste for heat. This is optional!

    More mild flavor: If you prefer a less spicy, more salty dish, substitute some or all of the Sriracha sauce with soy sauce.

    ★ How to Make this Recipe ★

    This recipe is SO EASY!

    Everything comes together in just a few steps making this an easy weeknight dinner.

    Here's a snapshot of what's involved:

    How to Make Crispy Orange Chicken Bowls
    • Bake frozen crispy chicken.
    • Heat and combine sauce ingredients.
    • Add and cook frozen stir fry vegetables.
    • Layer cooked rice in bowl.
    • Add cooked chicken.
    • Pour sauce and vegetables over chicken.

    That's it! You can precook the rice ahead of time and just heat it up in the microwave or let it cook while you prepare the crispy chicken and sauce with vegetables.

    ★ Tips & FAQs ★

    Is this similar to Applebee's crispy orange chicken?

    Yes. This recipe is not exactly the same but is inspired by Applebee's popular chicken bowl made with breaded chicken, a tangy orange sauce, stir-fried veggies and cilantro rice. Applebee's dish is topped with green onion and toasted almonds. So the main difference is that we are using regular white rice and no almonds.
    If you'd like to season your rice, simply stir in fresh lemon or lime juice, fresh chopped cilantro and salt after cooking the rice, right before serving.

    Sauté Your Veggies

    My recipes are always designed for quick and easy prep; however, if you desire your vegetable to have some additional snap to them, you can sauté them before adding them to your sauce. If you do this, you will need about 2-3 tablespoon of any type of cooking oil.

    Fresh or Frozen Vegetables

    Again, we're using frozen vegetables to save time and offer a convenient option for cooking a homemade dinner quickly on those busy weeknights.

    However, you can certainly opt for fresh vegetables. Any vegetable or combination of veggies you'd like to use, works.

    Perfect rice every time

    The key to cooking rice is to rinse it first! This removes excess starch and prevents the rice from clumping and unevenly cooking or under cooking.

    If you cook a lot of rice, you may want to consider a rice cooker or an Instapot which you can use as a rice cooker.

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    • Katsu Chicken Rice Bowl with Veggies
      Katsu Chicken Bowl
    • Banh Mi Noodle Bowl with pork or chicken
      Banh Mi Noodle Bowls
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    Crispy Orange Chicken and Vegetable Rice Bowl

    Crispy Orange Chicken and Vegetable Bowl

    Author: Angela G.
    Crispy popcorn chicken and stir-fry vegetables served over rice with an Asian-style orange sauce. A delicious dinner, ready in 20 minutes!
    5 from 1 review
    Reviews
    Course: Dinner
    Cuisine: American
    Skill Level: Easy
    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    15 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4
    Yield: 10 cups

    Equipment

    • skillet or wok

    Ingredients 

    Chicken and Sauce

    • 26 oz breaded popcorn chicken frozen
    • 1 tablespoon orange marmalade
    • 1 teaspoon yellow mustard or use Chinese mustard
    • ⅓ cup Teriyaki sauce
    • ¼ cup rice vinegar more or less to taste

    Vegetables

    • 20 oz broccoli stir fry vegetables frozen or fresh

    Serve with

    • 4 cups cooked white rice

    Garnish

    • 4 green onions finely chopped
    • Sriracha sauce (optional) to taste
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    Instructions

    • Crisp chicken. Heat chicken according to package. (Bake or air fry - approx 10 minutes)
    • Cook rice. Prepare rice according to package instructions or use pre-cooked white rice and heat according to package.
    • Make sauce. While chicken and rice are heating, add orange marmalade, mustard, rice vinegar, teriyaki sauce, and Sriracha sauce to a large skillet over medium/high heat. Bring to a boil, stir to combine.
    • Add veggies. Add stir-fry vegetables to sauce. Cook in bubbling sauce for 3-5 minutes or until vegetables are soft but still bright in color. Reduce to simmer.
    • Assemble bowls. When chicken and rice are ready, build each bowl by layering cooked rice, cooked popcorn chicken, then pour the sauce over top of the chicken, completely coating it and adding as many vegetables as you’d like.
      Top with chopped green onions for garnish and Sriracha sauce if you like heat!

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    Notes

    • If you want to crisp your veggies more, you can sauté in 2 tablespoon of oil first, then add them to the sauce.
    • For added flavor, add ¼ teaspoon each garlic and ginger powder to the sauce.

    Nutrition Facts

    Serving: 2.5cups | Calories: 794kcal | Carbohydrates: 122g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 94mg | Sodium: 692mg | Potassium: 703mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 52g | Vitamin A: 7576IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 120mg | Iron: 3mg
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