Jump straight to the recipes Orange chicken thighs get their taste from orange zest, fresh orange juice, soy sauce and honey. The ho-hum of home cooking gives way to hallelujah when cooks choose new and different seasoning combinations to flavor familiar foods.
Diners know with the first whiff of garlic and ginger that something unusual is happening.
There's nothing mysterious about the flavorful marinades that follow. The ingredients can be combined the night before they are served, the morning of, or even at the last minute. Combining them with chicken thighs allows a longer, slower cooking than white meat would require, making the dish more succulent and balancing the flavors better. No tool makes the job easier than the Grace grater. There's a big difference in soy sauces that have been naturally fermented and those made quickly from hydrolyzed vegetable protein, caramel coloring and so on.