Honeyed Citrus Chicken
From chihuahua 16 years ago
- 55 minutes to make
- Serves 4
A great summertime dish that goes well with salad and new potatoes. Classic Chicken Recipes.
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken, weighing approx. 4 pounds shopping list
- salt and pepper shopping list
- Marinade: shopping list
- 1 1/4 cups orange juice shopping list
- 3 Tbs. cider vinegar shopping list
- 3 Tbs. honey shopping list
- 2 Tbs. chopped Fresh tarragon shopping list
- 2 oranges, cut into wedges shopping list
- Sauce: shopping list
- Handful of tarragon Sprigs shopping list
- 1 cup Reduced Fat ricotta cheese shopping list
- 2 Tbs. orange juice shopping list
- 1 tsp. honey shopping list
- 1/2 cup stuffed olives, chopped shopping list
How to make it
- Put the chicken on a chopping board with the breast downward. Cut through the bottom part of the carcass using poultry shears, making sure not to cut right through to the breast bone below.
- Rinse the chicken with cold water, drain, and place on a board with the skin side up. Pat dry with paper towel. Press the chicken flat, then cut off the leg ends.
- If you thread two long wooden skewers through the chicken it will keep it flat in the oven.
- Season the skin with salt and pepper.
- Put all the ingredients, except the orange wedges in a glass dish. Mix, then add the chicken.
- Cover and chill for 4 hours. Turn chicken several times.
- To make the sauce, chop the tarragon, and mix with the sauce ingredients. Cover and chill.
- Transfer the chicken and marinade to a roasting pan, open out the chicken and place skin side down. Tuck the orange wedges around the chicken and roast in a preheated oven 400 degrees for 25 minutes.
- Turn the chicken over and roast for a further 20-20 minutes.
- Baste until the chicken is browned and the juices run clear when the thickest part of the leg is pierced with a sharp knife.
- Serve with the sauce.
The Rating
Reviewed by 3 people-
Sounds delicious, I eat chicken every week! Will surely give this a try! Thanks
jovi_nutt
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THIS SOUNDS GREAT SWEETIE I SAVED IT
minitindel
in THE HEART OF THE WINE COUNTRY loved it
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This is sooo good! I also eat chicken twice a week- my husbands saying is ' I'm chicken tired of it" hehe. I'm sure he will love this one! The flavors are perfect.
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