Win a $50 Gift Card: Tell Us Who's Got the Best Orange Chicken

This week, local editors Joe Vince (Frankfort), Paul Dailing (Mokena) and Michael Sewall (New Lenox) tried orange chicken at restaurants in their Patch towns.

Read our reviews below, learn how to post your own and comment for a chance to win a $50 gift card to a local restaurant.

Next week, we'll be trying out mashed potatoes. Know a place in Frankfort, Mokena or New Lenox that serves it perfectly? Leave a suggestion in the comments section. Also, give us suggestions for other dishes we should try in the area. 

Mo's Chinese Kitchen, New Lenox (4.5 of 5 stars)

The good: A heaping pile of all white meat chicken served with a fair amount of broccoli. The sauce is tangy but not too spicy. 

The bad: Some bites had a bit too much breading, but those bites were rare. I didn't find much wrong with this tasty meal.

Sun Sun II Chinese Restaurant, Frankfort (3.5 of 5 stars)

The good: The chicken was nicely breaded, tender and moist, and the orange sauce had a nice bite to it. Also, I thought they did a nice job with the presentation. 

The bad: Although it had a nice kick, the sauce didn't have much of an orange-y flavor to it. After a few bites, the sauce lost its taste and just had the heat.

Rising Sun, Mokena (4 of 5 stars)

The good: The sauce for the pick-up order came on the side, which is a plus if like me you think a little orange chicken sauce goes a long way. The chicken was moist and well done. The sauce was flavorful, spicy (like I ordered it) and not as overly sweet like a lot of places do it.

The bad: You can only get the large order for pick-up. At the end I was magnificently stuffed but still didn't stop eating until it was done.