This orange chicken recipe tastes like it came from Pei Wei-- and that is a giant compliment. I think it's the combination of spinach and ginger. This is in contrast to, for example, the Panda Express orange chicken, which is delicious but kind of also tastes like candy. Here, there is just a soupcon of orange from the orange zest, enough to provide a citrus-y scent but not enough to make you forget you're digging into a traditional Asian-style rice wine/soy sauce sauce. My favorite part, though, was the cherry tomatoes-- they're not something you'd get in delivery take-out, but they provide a fresh and juicy contrast to the rest of the stir fry. Very quick to put together, especially when you ignore the roasted and ground Sichuan peppercorns and just toss in a teaspoon of red pepper flakes (I like it hot!).
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