Easy Roasted Orange Chicken
Easy Roasted Orange Chicken

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Uncover and baste the chicken with the pan juices. Orange chicken recipe is a skillet meal perfect for busy weeknights. Anytime our family wants take out, I make this instead.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook easy roasted orange chicken using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Roasted Orange Chicken:
  1. Take 2.5-3 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces (drums/ thighs/ wings/ half breasts)
  2. Get For marinade:
  3. Take 1/4 cup + 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
  4. Make ready 1/3 cup honey (you can also substitute with maple syrup or agave)
  5. Take 1/3 cup orange juice
  6. Get 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  7. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (not garlic salt)
  8. Take 1-2 green onions, chopped (including the white part)
  9. Get 1 Tablespoon oil
  10. Make ready optional: up to 1 Tablespoon distilled white or apple cider vinegar or lemon/lime juice if you like things a little extra tangy
  11. Get optional: 1/4 teaspoon ginger powder or 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
  12. Make ready optional: 1 Tablespoon sriracha or chili garlic sauce
  13. Make ready For garnish: 2-4 orange slices (just under 1/4-inch thick)

It's roasted in an easy orange sauce with fresh herbs. The potatoes cook right in all that juicy goodness so they are incredibly tender with crispy edges. This dish is an absolute winner! For Oven Orange Chicken: Place the fried chicken into a baking dish and pour sauce over.

Instructions to make Easy Roasted Orange Chicken:
  1. Put all marinade ingredients in a bowl and stir until honey is dissolved.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, or casserole dish, or Ziploc bag, combine the chicken with the marinade and give it a few gentle tosses to thoroughly season all the chicken. If in a bowl or dish, you should flip the chicken halfway through the marinating time so both sides are seasoned through.
  3. Marinate chicken for at least one hour and up to overnight and take it out of the fridge 30 to 40 minutes before roasting to bring it up to room temp.
  4. Preheat oven to 425F.
  5. Put your chicken on a single layer, skin side up, on a sheet pan. (You might like to line it with foil for easier cleanup.) Reserve leftover marinade.
  6. Roast chicken for 30 minutes at first, then pour leftover marinade over chicken, place orange slices on the pan as well, and roast for an additional 15 to 20 minutes.
  7. Enjoy! :)

Handy Tip: Place a colander of broccoli florets right on top of the pot when simmering the chicken in sauce. Get delicious and easy Orange Chicken Recipes from the chefs at Food Network. Stir in the orange zest, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, chopped onion, and red pepper flakes. I happen to love Orange Chicken as much as anyone, although my granddaughters may try to compete with me; I'll remind them that G'pa & G'ma have been enjoying the benefits of Orange Chicken, Sweet & Sour Chicken, & variety of other certain delicious Asian-Inspired recipes/dishes since before either they or their mother or Uncle were born. This is a great way to prepare orange chicken for a potluck because it is so easy to keep warm without overcooking.

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