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Orange Roasted Chicken Recipe Best Love
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Best Love Orange Roasted Chicken Recipe
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Orange Roasted Chicken Best Love
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INGREDIENTS
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Makes 4 servings
1 3½ 3¾ pounds chicken whole
1 sage sprig fresh
1 thyme sprig fresh
1 rosemary sprig fresh
3 garlic clove smashed
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons black pepper fresh ground
2 1/2 cups Minute Maid Orange Juice
1/4 cup onions diced
1/8 cup carrots diced
1/8 cup celery diced
1/2 cup white wine or water
1 cup Chicken broth reduced sodium
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon olive oil
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HOW TO PREPARE
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Season chicken cavity with 2 teaspoons and pepper
Place fresh herbs and garlic inside cavity
Inject 1/2 cup orange juice into chicken meat
pour ½ cup orange juice into cavity and truss if desired
Place chicken in a Ziploc bag and pour 1 cup of orange juice
over top of chicken
Seal bag refrigerate and marinate at least 4 hours
Preheat oven to 450°F
Remove chicken from bag and drain juice back into bag
Place chicken into roasting pan
Reserve marinade for sauce
Roast chicken for 30 minutes
while basting occasionally with pan drippings
Reduce oven temperature to 400°F and continue roasting
and basting to an internal temperature of 165°F
about 30 45 minutes longer
Remove chicken to a serving platter and hold warm
MAKE THE SAUCE
Place roasting pan on the stovetop over medium heat
Add diced onions carrots and celery
cook until the vegetables begin to brown about 10 15 minutes
Skim any excess fat
Add the white wine or water chicken broth reserved orange juice
marinade and ½ tablespoon sugar
Simmer mixture while gently scraping the drippings from the
bottom of the pan
Cook until sauce begins to thicken and is reduced to 1/3 of
its original volume
about 1 cup about 20 minutes
Adjust seasoning to taste
Strain sauce and hold warm
Place the remaining ½ cup of orange juice and remaining sugar
in a large non-stick skillet
bring to a simmer
Whisk in olive oil
Uncover and continue cooking
allowing the liquid to reduce to a glaze
Adjust seasoning with salt to taste
Carve the chicken and serve with the orange sauce
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