Clay-Pot Orange Chicken

Submitted by Jewelies

"I found this somewhere on the internet."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 50mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 (3 -4 lb) chicken
• salt
• pepper
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 2 medium oranges, peeled and sliced (reserve the rinds)
• 1⁄2 cup orange juice
• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
• 1⁄2 teaspoon allspice, ground
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• cornstarch, to thicken

directions

1. Presoak pot, top and bottom, in water for fifteen minutes.
2. Wash chicken, inside and out, under running cold water.
3. Rub inside of chicken with salt, pepper and pressed garlic.
4. Stuff with orange slices, peeled.
5. Place chicken in pot, breast down.
6. Grate the orange rind and sprinkle over chicken.
7. Add orange juice, soy sauce, ginger, allspice and brown sugar.
8. Place covered pot in cold oven. Turn temperature to 250°C.
9. Cook 90 minutes or until cooked to your liking.
10. Ten minutes before done, remove from oven, pour liquid into saucepan.
11. Return the pot, uncovered, to oven for final 10 minutes to brown the chicken.
12. Meanwhile, bring sauce to a boil and thicken with cornstarch or arrowroot.
13. You may want to add a bit of brown sugar to the sauce, to taste.

Reviews

[Caroline Cooks]

This had good flavor; I think the next time I make it--I will make a paste of the orange-soy mixture and spread it under the chicken skin. Thanks for posting!

 

[Sydney Mike]

Pretty much followed the recipe, but I did use 2 large cloves of garlic & the oranges were also large ones! Loved the combo of spices here & the chicken, when served, was outstanding! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Made & reviewed as a recipenapped tag in the Aus/NZ Special Recipe Swap #19]

 

[Queen uh Cuisine]

It only took me a year to review this great recipe LOL....Don't get me wrong it is awesome. I just forgot and saw the photo and realized ...OOPS. It was very tender and had a wonderful flavor of oranges. The sauce was also yummy!!! Thanks Jewelies for your patients :)

 

[TexasKelly]

Hubby and I liked this very much. I do not have a clay pot, so I made it in a regular roasting pan. I upped the amount of garlic, I used 4 cloves to put inside the chicken, and then I also put 2 in the juice mixture that is poured over top the chicken. I must say I think next time I will use more because I could not taste it very much. Also, my chicken took longer than 90 minutes to cook. I added 20 minutes to the cooking time, and carved it and found it was still too uncooked for our tastes, so I just roasted the carvings in the oven, covered with some of the orange slices and juice for around 10 minutes more. Besides more garlic, there isn't anything else I would change about this recipe. Thanks for posting!