Mandarin Orange Chicken & Broccoli
Elevated Dinners, Impressively Easy
- Soy
- Wheat
- Sesame
- Milk
Got a fierce craving for restaurant-worthy orange chicken, but need it on the table ASAP? In just a quick 15 minutes, you’ll toss together a speedy chicken and broccoli stir-fry in a delectable spicy-sweet glaze brightened with fresh mandarin orange juice and Thai chili sauce. Serve it over speedy 90-second jasmine rice with a side of buttery, tender-crisp green beans, and you won’t even have time to think about reaching for the takeout menu!
Ingredients
6 ounce
Green Beans
8 ounce
Broccoli
2 unit
Mandarin Orange
2 unit
Scallions
10 ounce
Chopped Chicken Breast
1 unit
Apricot Jam
1 ounce
Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
2 tablespoon
Soy Sauce
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
1 tablespoon
Cornstarch
5 teaspoon
Rice Wine Vinegar
1 unit
Microwaveable Jasmine Rice
1 tablespoon
Sesame Seeds
(Contains: Sesame)
Not included in your delivery
2 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
1 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Trim green beans if necessary. Cut broccoli into bite-size pieces if necessary. Halve oranges. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. • Place green beans and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4) in a medium microwave-safe bowl; cover with plastic wrap and microwave until tender, 2-3 minutes (continue to microwave in 30-second intervals if needed). Season with salt and pepper; toss to combine.
• Open package of chicken* and drain off any excess liquid. • Add a large drizzle of oil to a hot large pan. Add chicken, broccoli, salt and pepper; cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through and broccoli is tender, 5-7 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk jam, chili sauce, half the soy sauce, half the cornstarch, 1 tsp vinegar, and juice from orange halves (all the soy sauce, all the cornstarch, and 2 tsp vinegar for 4). (Be sure to measure the vinegar—we sent more!) • To pan with chicken and broccoli, add orange-soy mixture and scallion whites; cook, stirring, until sauce has thickened and everything is coated, 1-2 minutes. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired.
• While sauce cooks, massage rice in package; snip to partially open. Microwave until tender, 90 seconds. Fluff and season with salt and pepper. • Top rice with chicken and broccoli and green beans (draining first). Sprinkle with scallion greens and sesame seeds. Serve.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many enjoyed the sweet-and-spicy orange sauce, though some wanted a stronger citrus taste; consider adding orange zest for more zing 🍊.
- Ease of prep: Customers loved how quick and simple this meal was to make, with pre-chopped chicken and microwaveable rice saving time.
- Suggestions: Some preferred cooking their own rice for better texture; others recommended adding extra sauce or mandarin segments for more flavor.
- Portions: Several found the rice portion small for two people; a few wished for more chicken or sauce to fully coat the ingredients.
- Veggies: Most appreciated the double veggie serving, though some felt green beans and broccoli together was an odd combination.
Reviews from our home cooks
I love how quick this was to make. The chicken was already chopped up and the rice was already cooked. I added the green beans and butter in with the chicken/broccoli instead of cooking it separately. It saved having to wash an extra dish and made the beans tasty. It had a lot of flavor. We need more of these easy quick tasty meals. Highly recommend for very busy people.
Stupid easy and delicious! The broccoli was my favorite part. The florets soak up the sauce and it's a flavor bomb when you bite into them.
This is our favorite meal so far! I hope we can get it again in the future. My only complaint is that the 15 minutes doesn't account for time prepping the vegetables and while it was quicker than some meals, I still spent another 15 minutes just getting everything sliced, trimmed, and washed. After that, it went quickly and it paired well with the Chicken Basil Springroll add on. We would definitely agree it was better than the fast food orange chicken we have gotten in the past, even with the microwaved rice.
This was such an easy recipe but a fresh flavor and different from the past recipes. I was excited to see more Asian flavors brought to the menu!
Loved the simplicity of this meal. Great flavor and so easy. I prepped my veggies and sauce ahead of time and that made the meal even easier.
Super tasty and the broccoli was the best part with all the sauce soaked into it
This was so easy & delicious. Flavors were good. Loved the broccoli & green beans! The rice in the bag was super easy & tasty!
This is delicious but I have a couple notes. The microwaveable rice was really weird, I would recommend doing swapping to cooking rice yourself. The step of microwaving the green beans separately in butter is unnecessary. It should have just been cooked with the chicken and broccoli. Any remaining butter stuck to the green beans added an unneeded flavor that was so different from the Mandarin sauce.
The mandarin orange chicken was really good and flavorful. I did not like microwaved rice, it clumped and was not very good. I did not like the green beans cooked in the microwave. Would rather take the time to cook the rice and roast the vegetables.
Needed more orange. I wished I had grated some rind zest into the recipe. Made a note for next time. We also bought our own chicken locally to get a cut we preferred.
