Looking for a quick, delicious orange chicken to make for dinner? This easy orange chicken pasta is perfect for quick weekday supers. This flavorful orange chicken skillet combines a breaded chicken with a zesty orange chicken sauce. The whole family will love this tasty orange chicken served over linguini pasta. Add a quick side salad or vegetable and dinner is served!

Orange chicken pasta

Weekdays can be busy, but dinner doesn’t have to be hard. This quick orange chicken pasta is quick and easy. You can throw together this homemade orange chicken in less than 30 minutes. Plus this orange chicken uses a slighly zesty orange chicken sauce you quickly make from scratch. My kids all love this unique way of eating pasta. Skip the traditional tomato sauces or heavy cream sauces – make this pasta with orange sauce for dinner instead!

Looking for more yummy dinner recipes? Try this Easy Shepherd’s Pie recipe or our Smokey Chicken & Sweet Potato recipe.

Orange chicken skillet

I love recipes with just a couple simple ingredients like this one! All you need to make this home made orange chicken is:

1 lb chicken, cooked and cut into cubes
5 teaspoon flour
2 medium carrots juliene style
2 green peppers chopped
1 onion, sliced
1 tablespoon olive oi
1 box linguini pastas
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 cup orange juice
1/3 cup chili sauce
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper

Orange chicken skillet meal

Start by getting a large pot of water boiling. Put the linguinin in the boiling water and cook according to package directions.

Chicken with Orange Sauce

We like to smoke lots of chicken all at once and then use it in various recipes througout the week. It saves us a LOT of time when things are busy with weekday schedules filled with our kids activities. If you don’t have cooked chicken, just take a couple minutes to cook cubed chicken in a skillet with oil before moving on with the receipe.

Orange chicken

Heat the olive oil in a skillet and cook carrots, chopped green pepper, and onions until vegetables al dente, soft but with a little “bite” or hardness still to them.

Orange chicken sauce

Meanwhile, in bowl combine brown sugar, orange juice, chili, and crushed red pepper. Set aside.

Home made orange chicken

Add chicken pieces to the cooked vegetables. Add flour and cook over medium heat for 1-3 minutes. This cooks off the pasty flour taste, gives it a richer toasty flavor, and allows our sauce to thicken.

Homemade orange chicken

Pour the sauce in the skillet with the vegetables and stir until thickened.

Tasty orange chicken

Serve over cooked pasta.

HINT: You can add some orange slices or zested orange peel over top to up the presentation and make it extra citrusy too!

The light and refreshing orange flavor gives this pasta dish a lovely flavor that is satisfying, but not heavy.

Pasta Recipes

This pasta recipe is perfect for a quick weekday supper!

Weekday Dinner

I love to plate ours up individually to manage portions and make sure everyone gets a fair share of the orange chicken sauce.

Easy orange chicken

Quick and easy chicken pasta skillet with homemade orange sauce ! This tasty orange chicken is perfect for busy weekday dinners!

Yummy Pasta Skillet with Homemade Orange Chicken Sauce

Beth Gorden

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Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Italian

Servings people

Ingredients

1 lb chicken cooked and cubed
4 tablespoons flour
2 medium carrots sliced and cut
2 medium green peppers chopped
1 medium onion choped
1 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound linguinin pasta
1 cup orange juice
1 tablespoons brown sugar
1/3 cup chili sauce
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper optional

Instructions

In a skillet heat olive oil and cook the cubed chicken until no longer pink. Add in the chopped carrots, green pepper, and onion until vegetables al dente. Add in flour and cook 1-3 minutes. Meanwhile, in a bowl combine brown sugar, orange juice, chili sauce, and optional crushed red pepper until smooth. Add sauce to skillet and stir until thickened. Serve over cooked pasta.