The Hunger Games Orange Chicken Recipe

In one scene of The Hunger Games, Katniss wonders what it’s like to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button when Cinna shows her an entire table top of food:

“Cinna invites me to sit on one of the couches and takes his place across from me. He presses a button on the side of the table. The top splits and from below rises a second tabletop that holds our lunch. Chicken and chunks of oranges cooked in a creamy sauce laid on a bed of pearly white grain, tiny green peas and onions, rolls shaped like flowers, and for dessert, a pudding the color of honey.

I try to imagine assembling this meal myself back home. … Days of hunting and gathering for this one meal and even then it would be a poor substitution for the Capitol version. What it must be like, I wonder, to live in a world where food appears at the press of a button?”

While there’s a bounty of food described in the passage, we thought we’d focused on that chicken with oranges today. We’re sharing a recipe inspired by it; serve this chicken dish atop rice with a side of green vegetables.

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Chicken With Orange Sauce Recipe

A delicious chicken dish with orange sauce.

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Ingredients

• 12 skinless boneless chicken breast, cut into halves
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup Milk
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• 1 cup Almonds sliced
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 2 gbsp corn-starch
• 1 tbsp all purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups orange juice
• 1/4 cups Lemon juice
• 1/2 cup Water
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp orange zest grated
• 1 tbsp lemon zest grated

Servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 12 skinless boneless chicken breast, cut into halves 2 eggs 1 cup Milk 2 cups all purpose flour salt and pepper 1 cup bread crumbs 1 cup Almonds sliced 1 tbsp butter 1 cup white sugar 1/4 tsp Salt 2 gbsp corn-starch 1 tbsp all purpose flour 1 1/4 cups orange juice 1/4 cups Lemon juice 1/2 cup Water 1 tbsp butter 1 tbsp orange zest grated 1 tbsp lemon zest grated

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Instructions

1. Preheat an oven to 400F.
2. Beat together the eggs and milk and whisk in the flour, salt and pepper.
3. Mix the breadcrumbs and almonds together.
4. Dip the chicken into the flour mixture and then into the breadcrumbs.
5. Sauté the chicken breasts in butter on both sides for ten minutes.
6. Place in a baking dish and bake for 20 minutes.
7. Whisk the sugar, salt, cornstarch and flour together.
8. Add the orange juice, lemon juice and 1.2 cup water.
9. Mix together well and stir over low heat until the mixture boils.
10. Allow the mixture to boil for 3 minutes
11. Finally stir in other tablespoon of butter, the orange rind and lemon rind.
12. Take the chicken out of the oven and pour the sauce over it.
13. Serve and enjoy.