Roast Chicken with Maple-Soy Glaze

Name: Roast Chicken with Maple-Soy Glaze
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps (1/4 stick) butter, room temperature; 2 kilograms chicken, fat and giblets removed, rinsed and patted dry; 177 milliliters dry Sherry; 1 inch fresh ginger, smashed; 2 garlic cloves, smashed; 59 milliliters pure maple syrup; 1 orange, cut into 4 pieces; 1 teaspoons hot pepper sauce; 1 Tbsp rice vinegar; 1 Tbsp soy sauce

Roast Chicken with Maple-Soy Glaze is A mixture of soy sauce, pepper sauce, sherry, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the fresh ginger you could follow this main course with the Fresh Ginger Cookies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°F.

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Oven

Whisk maple syrup, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and hot pepper sauce in small bowl for glaze. Simmer Sherry in small saucepan until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 3 minutes.

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Hot Sauce

Rice Vinegar

Maple Syrup

Soy Sauce

Sherry

Glaze

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Bowl

Run hands under chicken skin to loosen; rub most of butter under skin over breast and thighs. Rub remaining butter over outside of chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

Dry Seasoning Rub

Sprinkle cavity with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Place chicken in roasting pan. Squeeze some juice from each orange piece over chicken. Stuff cavity with orange pieces, ginger, and garlic. Tuck wing tips under.

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Whole Chicken

Garlic

Ginger

Orange

Juice

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Roasting Pan

Pour Sherry over chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Sherry

Roast chicken 20 minutes.

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Roasted Chicken

Add 1/4 cup water to pan. Roast 15 minutes longer.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Brush chicken with glaze. Roast chicken until thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 170°F, brushing chicken with glaze every 10 minutes, about 40 minutes longer. Tilt chicken to allow juices from cavity to run into roasting pan.

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Roasted Chicken

Whole Chicken

Glaze

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Roasting Pan

Kitchen Thermometer