I found the previously mentioned chicken failure. Here is what I said about it five years ago. I revisited a recipe that I had made months ago, Orange Chicken. It wasn’t bad last time, just lacked enough sauce to cover. Last night I made it again but switched the amounts of cornstarch I was supposed to use for the breading and the sauce. So the breading only got a tablespoon and my sauce got 1/2 cup. I know better than that. I just wasn’t thinking about it when measuring. When I threw in my cornstarch slurry and started stirring, I found this nasty, thick jelly coating the chicken. We promptly left it on the stove and jetted to Applebees.
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I found the previously mentioned chicken failure. Here is what I said about it five years ago.

I revisited a recipe that I had made months ago, Orange Chicken. It wasn’t bad last time, just lacked enough sauce to cover. Last night I made it again but switched the amounts of cornstarch I was supposed to use for the breading and the sauce. So the breading only got a tablespoon and my sauce got 1/2 cup. I know better than that. I just wasn’t thinking about it when measuring. When I threw in my cornstarch slurry and started stirring, I found this nasty, thick jelly coating the chicken. We promptly left it on the stove and jetted to Applebees.

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