Orange Rosemary Chicken Recipes

ORANGE-ROSEMARY ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place a large rimmed baking sheet in oven; preheat oven to 425°F. (Do not remove baking sheet while oven preheats.) Thinly slice 1 ½ of the oranges; place in a large bowl. Squeeze juice from remaining orange half into a small bowl to equal 2 tablespoons; set aside. Add potato wedges and ¼ cup of the rosemary leaves to orange slices; stir to combine. Add 1 tablespoon of the oil, ¾ teaspoon of the salt, and ¼ teaspoon of the pepper; toss to coat. Scatter potato mixture evenly over preheated pan; bake until starting to brown, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, season chicken evenly with 1 teaspoon of the salt and remaining ¼ teaspoon pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high. Add chicken, skin side down; cook until deep golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Turn chicken; continue cooking until golden brown on both sides, about 4 more minutes. Transfer to baking sheet with potato mixture; return to oven. Bake at 425°F until potatoes are browned and tender and a meat thermometer inserted into thickest part of chicken thighs registers 165°F, 12 to 15 more minutes.
• While chicken and potatoes finish baking, whisk together vinegar, honey, 2 tablespoons orange juice, and remaining ½ teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon oil in a small bowl; set aside. Remove baking sheet from oven; scatter olives, scallions, and shaved cheese over chicken and potatoes. Drizzle with juice mixture; sprinkle with remaining rosemary.

ROSEMARY-ORANGE ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, combine butter, minced rosemary, orange zest and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. With fingers, carefully loosen skin from the chicken; rub butter mixture under the skin. Brush chicken with orange juice. Sprinkle salt and remaining pepper over chicken and inside cavity., Place one onion and half of the apple inside the cavity. Tuck wings under chicken; tie drumsticks together. Place breast side up on a rack in a roasting pan. Arrange carrot, celery, thyme, parsley, bay leaves, rosemary sprig and remaining onion and apple around chicken. Pour wine into pan., Roast 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or until a thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh reads 170°-175°, basting occasionally with drippings. Cover loosely with foil if chicken browns too quickly. Cover and let stand 15 minutes before carving., For gravy, pour drippings and loosened browned bits into a measuring cup. Skim fat. Add enough broth to the drippings to measure 1 cup. In a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually add broth mixture and nutmeg if desired. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with chicken.

ORANGE-ROSEMARY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat until oil just begins to smoke. Add chicken pieces, and cook until brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a platter or a baking sheet.
• Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of fat from Dutch oven. Reduce heat to medium; add cipollini onions and sugar. Cook until onions are light golden brown. Add diced onion. Cook, stirring, until onions are light golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add orange juice, zest, lemon juice, garlic, rosemary, cumin, and chicken. Simmer, covered, for 15 minutes. Add olives, and simmer, covered, until chicken is tender, about 10 minutes more. Remove chicken, and transfer to a serving platter. Swirl butter into the sauce until melted. Pour sauce over chicken. Taste, and adjust for seasoning. Serve with basmati rice.

ORANGE ROSEMARY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Season chicken with thyme, oregano, salt and pepper, to taste; set aside. Melt butter in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken, skin-side down, and sear both sides until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes per side; set aside. Add garlic to the skillet, and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in ZICO Chilled Orange Juice Blend, chicken stock, maple syrup, honey and rosemary; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until slightly thickened, about 3-5 minutes. Return chicken to the skillet. Place into oven and roast until completely cooked through, reaching an internal temperature of 165 degrees F, about 25-30 minutes. Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.

PAN-ROASTED CHICKEN WITH ORANGES AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees F and arrange rack in middle.
• In a large bowl, mix together 1/4 cup of the oil, rosemary, salt, red pepper flakes, and freshly ground black pepper. Add chicken pieces and turn to coat well. Slip 1 piece of orange under skin of each piece.
• Heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and butter in a cast iron skillet or large frying pan over medium-high heat until butter foams. Working in batches, add 3 or 4 chicken pieces (don't overcrowd the pan) and brown on both sides until skin is crisp and golden, about 2 to 3 minutes per batch. As chicken is finished, place in a 13 by 9-inch baking dish.
• Once all chicken has browned, place in oven to roast until juices run clear when pricked with a knife and meat registers 160 to 165 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer, about 20 to 25 minutes. Let rest 5 minutes before serving.

ROAST CHICKEN WITH ROSEMARY-ORANGE BUTTER

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 400°F. Mince 1 shallot; mix with butter, rosemary and peel in small bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Pat chicken dry. Using fingers, loosen skin from chicken breasts, legs and thighs. Sprinkle chicken cavity with salt and pepper. Spread half of rosemary-orange butter under chicken skin. Tie chicken legs together to hold shape. Spread remaining butter over chicken. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
• Place rack in large roasting pan. Add reserved chicken neck and heart to pan, then onion, carrots and celery. Chop 2 shallots; add to pan. Place chicken, breast side up, on rack in pan. Roast chicken until meat thermometer inserted into innermost part of thigh registers 180°F., stirring vegetables in pan occasionally, about 1 hour 40 minutes. Transfer chicken to platter. Tent with foil while making sauce (do not clean pan).
• Place same roasting pan over medium-high heat. Add wine to pan; simmer until most of wine evaporates, scraping up any browned bits, about 5 minutes. Add broth. Simmer until sauce is reduced to 1 1/2 cups, stirring often, about 6 minutes. Strain into 2-cup glass measuring cup; discard solids. Spoon fat from top of sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve chicken with pan sauce.

ORANGE-ROSEMARY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Blend first 7 ingredients in processor. Set orange glaze aside.
• Prepare barbecue (medium heat). Place smoke chips in 8x6-inch foil packet with open top. Set packet atop coals about 5 minutes before grilling. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Grill chicken until golden, turning occasionally, about 5 minutes per side. Continue grilling chicken until cooked through, brushing glaze over chicken and turning occasionally, about 25 minutes longer. Transfer to platter.

ZIPPY ORANGE ROSEMARY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray an 8x8 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper; place in prepared dish. Combine orange marmalade, horseradish, and rosemary in a small bowl; pour over chicken.
• Bake the chicken in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, and the juices run clear, 30 to 35 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

ORANGE ROSEMARY ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Wash chicken and pat dry.
• Brush chicken with melted butter,season both inside and out with salt and pepper and rosemary, placing one clove garlic inside chicken.
• Place in roaster with the orange juice, quartered orange, and remaining clove of garlic.
• Roast uncovered in 350 oven until chicken is well browned, fork tender, and juices run clear when pierced with a fork about (1 1/2 to 2 hours).
• Make glaze by mixing marmalade and dry rosemary, brush onto chicken and bake for another 10 minutes.

ROASTED ORANGE ROSEMARY HONEY GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and place in a large glass or plastic bowl.
• Whisk together honey, orange juice, butter, rosemary, orange zest, and garlic. Pour orange mixture over chicken; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place chicken legs in a single layer in a roasting pan; pour orange mixture over chicken.
• Roast for 30 minutes in the preheated oven; reduce temperature to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Baste chicken with pan juices every 20 minutes until chicken is a deep orange brown color, no longer pink at the bone, and juices run clear, about 90 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

ROSEMARY AND ORANGE CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• In a nonstick 12 inch skillet, melt butter over med-high heat; add garlic. Add chicken and sprinkle tops with rosemary, pepper, and 1/2 teaspoons salt. Cook 6 minutes. Turn chicken over. Reduce heat to medium; cover and cook 8 minutes or until juices run clear when thickest part of chicken is pierced with tip of a knife.
• Meanwhile, squeeze 1/2 cup juice from 1 orange. Cut peel and white pith from remaining orange. Cut orange in half from stem to blossom, then cut each half crosswise into 1/4 inch thick slices. In a cup, mix orange juice, cornstarch, salt and 1/4 cup water until blended.
• Transfer chicken to warm platter. To the same skillet, add orange juice mixture. Heat sauce to boiling over med-high heat. Cook stirring constantly, 1 minute or until sauce thickens slightly. Stir in orange slices. Heat through. Spoon sauce over chicken on platter.

ORANGE-GLAZED CHICKEN WITH ROSEMARY

Steps:

• In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 3 to 5 minutes, turning once, until browned on both sides.
• Add orange juice and 1/2 cup of the chicken broth to chicken in skillet; sprinkle with rosemary and pepper. Cover; reduce heat to medium. Cook 12 to 15 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center. Place chicken on serving platter.
• Add remaining 1/4 cup chicken broth and mustard to skillet; increase heat to high. Heat to boiling. Boil 4 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until mixture is glaze consistency. Stir in orange slices; cook 1 to 2 minutes, stirring constantly, just until heated.
• Spoon glaze over chicken on platter. If desired, garnish with fresh rosemary sprigs.

CHICKEN IN BALSAMIC, ORANGE & ROSEMARY SAUCE

Steps:

• Put the chicken between pieces of cling film and flatten slightly by bashing with a pan. Unwrap and sprinkle on both sides with pepper. Heat the oil in a pan over a medium heat, then fry the chicken for 5 minutes, turning halfway through.
• Pour 2 tbsp vinegar over the chicken, add the orange juice and stock and sprinkle with the rosemary and salt. Bring to the boil, lower the heat and bubble gently for 5 minutes until tender, spooning with the sauce frequently and turning chicken halfway through.
• Stir in the sugar, butter and rest of the vinegar, then sizzle for a few minutes until reduced and glossy.
• Put the chicken in a serving dish, spoon the sauce over and garnish with orange and rosemary. Serve with rice and a crisp green salad.