Orange Chicken

Orange Chicken

Ingredients:

  • 2 chickens, cut into quarters
  • ¾ cup dark-brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons dry mustard powder
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 cup orange juice (not from concentrate)
  • 1 (12-ounce) jar orange marmalade
  • 2 navel oranges, very thinly sliced

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place the chicken pieces in single layers, skin-side-up, into two 9-13-inch baking pans.

In a medium bowl, with a fork, mix the brown sugar, mustard powder, nutmeg, and cornstarch. Stir in the orange juice. Pour half of the mixture over each pan of chicken.

With the back of a spoon, spread the top of each chicken piece with the marmalade Scatter paper-thin slices of orange over the chicken, leaving some skin exposed. Bake, uncovered, for I hour. Baste with the pan juices and bake for an additional 15-20 minutes or until the oranges are a deep amber color and the chicken is fully cooked and no longer pink, or a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh reads 180F.

Transfer to a bowl or platter.

Status: Meat/poultry
Prep Time: 1o minutes
Cook Time: 1 hr. 20 min.
Yield: 6-8 servings

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Recipe by Susie Fishbein