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Honeyed Citrus Chicken Recipe

	Chihuahua / All my dishes 1 year, 8 months ago A great summertime dish that goes well with salad and new potatoes. Classic Chicken Recipes. Prep:20m Cook:55m Servings:4	Chihuahua
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Ingredients

1 whole Chicken, weighing approx. 4 pounds

Salt and Pepper

Marinade:

1 1/4 cups Orange Juice

3 Tbs. Cider Vinegar

3 Tbs. Honey

2 Tbs. chopped Fresh Tarragon

2 Oranges, cut into wedges

Sauce:

Handful of Tarragon Sprigs

1 cup Reduced Fat Ricotta Cheese

2 Tbs. Orange Juice

1 tsp. Honey

1/2 cup stuffed Olives, chopped

Directions

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.

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Comments

rosemaryblue 1 year, 8 months ago said:
A great combination of flavors! Love this.

jovi_nutt 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Sounds delicious, I eat chicken every week! Will surely give this a try! Thanks

minitindel 1 year, 8 months ago said:
THIS SOUNDS GREAT SWEETIE I SAVED IT

invisiblechef 1 year, 8 months ago said:
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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