Orange Roasted Chicken
Make orange roasted chicken at home in three easy steps! Make your own rub and sauce to have a perfectly golden roasted chicken that can be on the table in one hour!
Servings: 2
Calories: 450kcal
Ingredients
- 2 whole chickens
- 1 big onion cut into chunks
- 2 carrots cut into pieces
Spice Rub:
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoon dried thyme
Sauce:
- 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 tablespoon bloomed saffron
- ½ tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger or ½ teaspoon ginger powder
To serve :
- Fresh parsley
- 2-3 Small red peppers
Instructions
- Make sure chickens are clean and dry.
- Preheat the oven to 400 F / 204 C.
- Lightly coat an oven safe pan with non stick spray.
- Place onion and carrots at the bottom of the pan.
- Make the spice rub by mixing all the spice rub ingredients in a bowl.
- Using your hands, rub the spice on and under the skin, try not to rip the skin.
- Place the chickens on top of veggies in the pan and put the pan in the oven.
- Make the sauce by mixing all the sauce ingredients in a separate bowl.
- Every 20 minutes, brush sauce on the chickens.
- Check after one hours to see if the chicken is fully cooked. Add the peppers and turn the broil on for 3-4 minutes.
- Top with parsley and serve warm.
Nutrition
Calories: 450kcal