Best Maple Orange Chicken Recipes

ROSEMARY CHICKEN WITH ORANGE-MAPLE GLAZE

Steps:

• Bring orange juice and wine to a boil in a small saucepan. Reduce heat slightly, but keep high enough to continue a low boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in maple syrup and continue boiling for another 5 to 6 minutes, stirring frequently, until glossy and just slightly thickened. Set aside.
• In a small bowl mix together the rosemary, salt and pepper. Rub mixture on both sides of chicken breasts, and set aside.
• Melt butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken breasts, cover skillet and saute for about 5 minutes on each side until lightly browned. Pour orange-maple mixture over chicken (mixture will boil and bubble). Reduce heat to simmer; cover and let cook for another 10 minutes, basting occasionally, until chicken is cooked through and sauce has turned into a rich, thick glaze.

ORANGE-MAPLE GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the orange juice, syrup, vinegar, mustard, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced to 1/2 cup, about 5 minutes. Stir in basil and orange zest. Remove from the heat; set aside., Sprinkle chicken with remaining salt and pepper. Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat for 5-7 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 165°, basting frequently with orange juice mixture.

MARY'S MAPLE & ORANGE GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Make several diagonal slashes across each chicken breast. Tip the other ingredients into a wide shallow bowl and swirl them together until everything is well mixed. Add the chicken breasts and turn them in the mixture until they are evenly coated. At this point you can cover the dish with cling film and chill the chicken for 24 hours, but it's also fine to cook them straight away.
• Preheat the grill or light the BBQ. Then cook the chicken for 5-6 minutes each side, turning once and brushing or spooning over more marinade as you go, until the chicken is browned and glossy. Serve the chicken on a bed of dressed salad leaves.

STICKY ORANGE CHICKEN WITH PARSNIPS, MAPLE & PECANS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Juice 1 of the oranges and whisk together with the maple syrup, olive oil, vinegar, mustard and cranberry jelly. Cut the parsnips into chunky lengths. Put the parnips, chicken thighs and shallots in a roasting tin - make sure everything can sit in a single layer but quite snug. Drizzle over half the orange sauce with some seasoning and toss to coat everything. Roast for 35 mins.
• Remove the tin from the oven and poke the orange slices in among everything. Scatter over the thyme and drizzle over the rest of the orange sauce. Roast for another 15 mins until the chicken is tender and cooked through, and everything is sticky and golden. Mix in the pecans and cook for another 5 mins. Serve straight away, remembering to scrape out all the sticky juices from the tin, and eat with a mixed leaf salad or some wilted spinach, plus a little rice to soak up the sauce, if you like.

MAPLE SYRUP ORANGE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Line a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with nonstick foil.
• Place chicken quarters skin-side up on the prepared pan.
• Remove the zest from the orange with a grater, then juice the orange.
• Whisk together orange zest, orange juice, butter, maple syrup, onion powder, and salt.
• Brush orange mixture over the chicken pieces.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes, until done, basting midway with drippings.

MAPLE AND ORANGE GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pick any visible fat from off the chicken and wash and dry.
• Dredge the pieces of chicken in the seasoned flour, patting to remove excess flour.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet.
• Pan fry the chicken, presentation side first, in the hot olive oil until nicely browned on both sides.
• While the chicken is browning, combine the remaining ingredients in a measuring cup.
• Remove the browned chicken from the pan and place in a shallow casserole dish.
• Add the sauce ingredients, scraping to deglaze the pan, then pour over the chicken in the dish.
• Bake in a 350*F oven for 20 minutes until nicely glazed and the chicken is cooked through.

ORANGE-MAPLE ROAST CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Sprinkle chicken with 1/2 teaspoon each of the salt and pepper. In 12-inch skillet or Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 2 minutes on each side or until browned. Remove chicken to large shallow roasting pan.
• In small bowl, mix syrup, broth, orange peel, orange juice, bourbon, mustard, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Place Brussels sprouts and carrots around chicken in pan; dot with butter. Drizzle vegetables with 1/4 cup of the orange mixture. Brush chicken with 1/4 cup orange mixture.
• Roast 1 hour 15 minutes, brushing every 20 minutes with orange mixture and stirring vegetables once, or until meat thermometer reads at least 165°F. In 1-quart saucepan, heat remaining orange mixture to boiling. Boil 2 minutes. Serve orange sauce with chicken and vegetables. Sprinkle with pecans.

MAPLE-ORANGE CHICKEN WITH ACORN SQUASH AND SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place squash and sweet potatoes and leeks in the slow cooker. Season chicken all over with salt and black pepper and place on top of vegetables in slow cooker. In a medium bowl, combine orange marmalade and remaining ingredients. Pour mixture over chicken and vegetables. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours.
• Serve 4 of the chicken breast halves with squash and potatoes on the side and extra sauce spooned over top (reserve remaining chicken for pizza). Top with parsley and rosemary just before serving.

MAPLE-ORANGE CHICKEN WITH ACORN SQUASH AND SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place squash and sweet potatoes and leeks in the slow cooker. Season chicken all over with salt and black pepper and place on top of vegetables in slow cooker.
• In a medium bowl, combine orange marmalade and remaining ingredients. Pour mixture over chicken and vegetables.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 4 hours or on HIGH for 2 hours.

HAPPY ORANGE MAPLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• rinse chicken breasts and pat dry.
• mix together 1/2 cup fresh orange juice and 1/2 cup real maple syrup.
• if you have time, put the chicken in a plastic ziploc bag, pour in the mixture and let sit for an hour.
• put the chicken in a pan, pour the juice / syrup mixture over the chicken.
• cover and bake for about 35 minute.
• uncover and bake for another 5- 10 min or until done.

MAPLE & ORANGE CHICKEN WITH PEPPERED PECANS

Steps:

• Mix orange juice, mustard, garlic, maple syrup, sunflower oil and vinegar in a bowl. Marinade chicken for at least 4 hours, but overnight is even better.
• For the pecans, melt the butter, and stir in tabasco, pepper flakes and garlic. Stir in the pecans. Spread onto a flat baking sheet and bake on a really low temp - approx 120C for an hour. Be careful that the pecans don't burn though.
• After marinading, remove the chicken and pour marinade into a small pan, bring to the boil, stirring until the marinade reduces to a sticky glaze. The oil will stop the Maple syrup from burning.
• Grill or barbecue the chicken breasts, turning and brushing with the glaze regularly until the chicken is cooked but still juicy.
• Serve the chicken with the remaining glaze as a sauce, along with the peppered pecans and whatever else takes your fancy.

MAPLE-ORANGE CHICKEN WITH ACORN SQUASH AND SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Place squash and sweet potatoes and leeks in the slow cooker. Season chicken all over with salt and black pepper and place on top of vegetables in slow cooker. In a medium bowl, combine orange marmalade and remaining ingredients. Pour mixture over chicken and vegetables. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours.
• Serve 4 of the chicken breast halves with squash and potatoes on the side and extra sauce spooned over top (reserve remaining chicken for pizza). Top with parsley and rosemary just before serving.

BETTY'S ORANGE MAPLE ROASTED CHICKEN LEGS

Steps:

• 1. Place all the ingredients in a LARGE zip lock back suitable for marinating. Place on a plate just in case! Pop into your fridge and marinate for at least 3 hours or longer (no more than 24 hours).
• 2. Preheat your oven to 350oF/180oC. Open the bag and gently pour everything into a large baking tray (one that you bake a chicken or a lasagne tray. Arrange the chicken legs so they aren't overlapping. Be sure to pour all the marinade over the chicken.
• 3. Bake for 30 minutes, remove from the oven. Turn each chicken leg over and bake for a further 30 minutes or until the chicken is well cooked and the juices run clear.

MAPLE-ORANGE CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Heat the oil in a nonstick skillet pan over meidum-high heat. When hot, add the chicken; season with salt and pepper. Cook in batches until the chicken is browned and opaque throughout. Transfer to a warm platter. 2. Discard oil in pan and place over medium heat. Add the maple syrup, whick will bubble; stir in the marmalade. Boil until the sauce thickens, about 1 minute. 3. Pour sauce over the chicken; add the lemon juice. Dust with scallions and parlsey.

MAPLE ORANGE CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. preheat oven to 475
• 2. wisk maple syrup, mustard, orange zest, vingar and tyme in a medium bowl
• 3. pat chicken dry with a paper towl
• 4. season with salt and pepper
• 5. heat oil i an oven safe skillet over midium heat
• 6. cook skin side down for 5 minutes
• 7. turn skin side up and transfer to the oven
• 8. cook for 15 minutes or until golden brown
• 9. transfer chiken to plate
• 10. tent with foil
• 11. pour out any fat in skillet and maple mixmin pan over medium heat for 3 minutes(stir often)
• 12. season with salt and pepper
• 13. retern chicken to pan and glaze
• 14. serve