Best Orange Chicken With Capers Recipes

MEDITERRANEAN ORANGE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Toast pine nuts in a 350 degree oven for 3-4 minutes until golden. Remove, cool and chop. With a meat mallet, pound chicken breasts to 1/2-inch thick and season with salt and pepper. Dust both sides in flour, and pat so flour stays on. Heat sauté pan and coat with canola oil spray. Place chicken in hot sauté pan and spray uncooked side of chicken with canola oil in the pan. Sear chicken for one minute on both sides, and remove from pan. In the same sauté pan, add shallots and sauté briefly. Add roasted red peppers, capers, olives and raisins and sauté briefly until shallots are translucent. Deglaze pan with orange juice. Add chicken stock and lemon juice and reduce heat slightly when ingredients come to a boil. Add chicken back to the pan to cook until completely cooked through, and sauce is slightly thickened. Stir in salt, pepper and parsley. Top each serving with 1 teaspoon of chopped toasted pine nuts.Nutrients per serving: 250 calories (20% calories from fat), 29 g protein, 21 g carbohydrates, 2 g fiber, 6 g total fat (sat 1 g, mono 2.25 g, poly 1.87 g), 770 mg sodium, Vitamin A 2% DV, Vitamin C 60% DV, Calcium 10% DV, Iron 10% DV Source: The Florida Department of Citrus

ORANGE CHICKEN WITH CAPERS

Steps:

• Pound chicken to an even thickness. Season the flour with salt and pepper to taste and place it in a large plastic bag with the chicken breasts. Shake to.
• coat the chicken in the flour - reserve the leftover flour in the bag.
• In a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat melt the butter. Add the chicken and cook for 4-5 minutes per side until nicely browned.
• In a small bowl, combine the chicken broth and the leftover flour. Push the chicken to the edge of the skillet, add the broth mixture, orange segments and capers. Stir lightly and spoon over the chicken.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, covered for 5 minutes or until the sauce is slightly thickened and the chicken is cooked through.
• Stir in the orange zest, spoon sauce over chicken and serve.

ORANGE BRAISED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH CAPERS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the chicken and brown on both sides. Remove from pan with some tongs and set aside.
• Reheat the oil in the pan, add the garlic and onion and sauté for 5 minutes, stirring, until just beginning to brown.
• Add the cumin, orange and lemon juices, orange zest and pepper, mix well then add the chicken, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Spoon the juices over the chicken then add the capers, re-cover and simmer for a further 10-15 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. Serve immediately.

ROASTED ORANGE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Squeeze 1/4 cup juice from 2 to 3 tangerines into a small bowl; reserve the spent peels. Cut the remaining tangerines into wedges with their peels intact, and set aside. Add the brown sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and cayenne to the tangerine juice and whisk until the sugar dissolves.
• Generously season the chicken inside and out with salt and pepper. Tuck the wingtips behind the body. Stuff the tangerine peels and 6 ginger slices into the cavity, then tie the legs together using kitchen twine. Place in a large ovenproof skillet, and scatter the tangerine wedges and remaining 2 slices ginger around the chicken.
• Slowly pour the juice mixture all over the chicken, then slide the skillet into the oven. Roast for 30 minutes.
• Using a large spoon or baster, quickly and carefully coat the chicken with the pan sauce. Continue roasting, basting every 10 minutes, until the chicken is browned and cooked through, 20 to 30 minutes longer. An instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the breast should register 155 degrees and, in the leg, 170 degrees. The chicken will continue to cook while it rests.
• Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and let rest for about 5 minutes. If the pan sauce isn't already syrupy, bring it to a boil over medium-high heat on the stovetop. Be sure to wear oven mitts or use a kitchen towel to hold the skillet (the handle is hot). Cook, stirring occasionally, until the bubbles grow larger and paler brown, and the sauce is the consistency of syrup, about 5 minutes. Discard the ginger.
• Serve the chicken whole or carved with the glaze poured all over the meat. Arrange the tangerine wedges from the pan around the bird. You can eat them, if you'd like.