Honey-Spiced Chicken with Orange Sauce

Honey-Spiced Chicken with Orange Sauce
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Honey-Spiced Chicken with Orange Sauce a try. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains about 43g of protein, 41g of fat, and a total of 626 calories. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up cut-up chicken, orange juice, salt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

1
In deep 12-inch skillet or 5-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat.
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Add chicken pieces; cook about 15 minutes, turning occasionally, until brown on all sides.
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Heat oven to 350°F.
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Place chicken in ungreased 11x7-inch (2-quart) glass baking dish. Top with onion slices.
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Sprinkle with salt, paprika and pepper. In small bowl, mix orange juice, honey, lemon juice, ginger and nutmeg; pour over chicken.
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6
Sprinkle olives over top. Cover with foil.
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Bake 45 to 60 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when thickest piece is cut to bone (170°F for breasts; 180°F for thighs and drumsticks).
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8
Arrange chicken, onions and olives on platter.
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Pour pan juices into 1-quart saucepan.
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Heat to boiling. In small bowl, mix water and cornstarch; stir into juices.
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Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes or until slightly thickened.
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Garnish chicken with orange slices; serve with orange sauce.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In1 h
Servings6
Health Score5
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