Best Roasted Orange Glazed Chicken Recipes

ROASTED ORANGE GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F.
• Remove giblets and neck from chicken.
• Rinse chicken inside and out with cold running water; drain well.
• Pat dry with paper towels.
• Grate 1/2 teaspoons rind from orange and set aside.
• Cut orange into quarters.
• Sprinkle ½ teaspoons salt inside cavity of bird.
• Stuff chicken with onion, orange quarters, bay leaf, and thyme.
• Place on rack in large foil-lined roasting pan.
• Sprinkle with remaining salt and pepper.
• Roast chicken 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• In small bowl, combine reserved orange rind with glaze ingredients, and brush over entire chicken.
• Roast 15 minutes more, or until meat thermometer inserted in thickest part of chicken thigh reaches 175°F and juices run clear.
• Let the chicken rest for 15 minutes before slicing.

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).