Roasted Chicken with Clementine-and-Cranberry Sauce

Name: Roasted Chicken with Clementine-and-Cranberry Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons black pepper; 2 kilograms chicken; 1 clementine, quartered; 473 milliliters clementine sections (about 6 clementines); 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 118 milliliters fresh cranberries; 118 milliliters fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 2 Tbsps Madeira wine or water; 118 milliliters fresh orange juice (about 2 oranges); 2 Tbsps sugar

Need Head to the store and pick up less-sodium chicken broth, chicken, cranberries, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the clementine you could follow this main course with the Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Tomato Cake with Mystery Ganache as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 45

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Remove and discard giblets and neck from the chicken. Rinse chicken with cold water; pat dry. Trim excess fat. Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat. Rub salt and pepper under loosened skin, and sprinkle in body cavity.

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Salt And Pepper

Chicken Drumsticks

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Water

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place clementine quarters in cavity.

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Clementine

Place chicken, breast side down, on a broiler pan. Insert meat thermometer into meaty part of thigh, making sure not to touch bone.

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Meat

Bone

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Kitchen Thermometer

Broiler Pan

Bake at 450 for 25 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 35

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Turn chicken, breast side up; bake at 350 for 1 hour or until thermometer registers 18

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Whole Chicken

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Cover chicken loosely with foil; let stand 10 minutes. Discard skin.

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Whole Chicken

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Aluminum Foil

Place the orange juice, cranberries, and sugar in a medium sauce-pan. Cook at medium-high for 5 minutes or until the cranberries pop; add chicken broth.

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Chicken Broth