Orange Chicken

This is sort of a compilation recipe. I went surfing on www.recipezaar.com and a few copy cat websites, and put this one together based on what I had on hand. It seems I went a tad overboard with the orange lol! It was still really good though, so next time I will replace one orange with another liquid. I was thinking that peanut sauce might actually taste good in this.......

• 1 lb. chicken meat, cut into large bite-size pieces
• a few cups of oil (to deep fry)
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 cup flour (cake flour will give a nicer, lighter crust to the chicken)
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup honey
• 3 TB soy sauce
• 3 tsp corn starch
• 1/2 tsp Chinese 5 spice powder
• 1 TB oil
• 1 packet of round table red peppers
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 TB minced ginger
• 4 oranges
• about 1 tablespoon minced ginger
• a few cups of vegetables (depending on what you have on hand)
• I used some broccoli, carrot, mushrooms, and a roasted pepper

Zest one of the oranges, and finely mince.
Juice all the oranges, and combine with the molasses, honey, soy sauce, and corn starch.
Combine the flour, salt, baking powder, and water. Then add the chicken
Heat a few cups of oil until some batter dropped in bubbles rapidly.
Add several of the chicken pieces, and fry till crispy and cooked through (I just pull one out after several minutes to check it).
Continue with the rest of the chicken, placing the fried pieces in a 200 degree oven to keep warm.
Heat 1 TB of oil in a pan over medium-high to high heat, and add the ginger, garlic, orange peel, and 5 spice powder, and cook just till fragrant.
Add the veggies, and cook till just tender.
Remove the veggies from the pan, and put the honey-juice mixture in, and bring to a simmer.
Simmer until the sauce is thickened, and reduced slightly.
Toss the veggies and chicken with the sauce, and serve over rice!