# High Protein Orange Chicken Chow Mein

A healthier, high-protein version of orange chicken chow mein compared to a high-calorie fast-food alternative.

- Servings: 1 servings
- Total time: 15 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 6.3 oz. Chicken breast
- 2.5 oz. Barilla angel hair pasta
- 15 g corn starch
- 2 tbsp orange zest
- 1 medium orange squeezed
- 25 ml chicken stock
- 30 ml soy sauce low sodium
- 2 tbsp sriracha
- 1 tbsp hoisin
- garlic
- 4 tbsp stevia or equivalent
- Small slurry corn starch
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- celery
- cabbage
- carrots
- green onion
- egg
- olive oil

## Instructions

1. Chop some celery, cabbage, green onion, and garlic for the high protein chow mein.
2. Prepare the chow mein sauce with chicken stock, soy sauce, vinegar, sriracha, and sweetener; then stir.
3. Cook the vegetables, ensuring to add celery and carrots.
4. Add aromatics, then pour in the chow mein sauce.
5. Add a thickener like cornstarch to the chow mein.
6. Cook 2 and 1/2 ounces of high protein pasta.
7. For the orange chicken sauce, use orange zest, chicken stock, soy sauce, sriracha, hoisin, garlic, stevia, a small cornstarch slurry, and rice vinegar.
8. Get 6 ounces of chicken.
9. Dip the chicken into egg and then cornstarch.
10. Air fry the chicken at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes with olive oil.
11. Add aromatics to the orange chicken sauce.
12. Let the orange chicken sauce simmer and thicken.
13. Add the chicken back into your meal prep bowl and shred it.

## Equipment

- air fryer

## Tips

- Less orange zest is more; a small amount goes a long way.
- Shred the chicken in a tasty way.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@tastyshreds/video/7463857555635227946?_r=1&_t=ZP-95EmP5iF4k2
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ecdd1c31-00d4-4d8c-8592-0860e87ceb3a
- Extracted: 2026-04-03

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