My Orange Roast Chicken

Chef Shadows's Note:

------Prep time: 1.25 hours including marinating Cook time: 1 - 2 hours ------

• Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 (4 lb) roasting chickens
• 1 fresh orange , quartered
• 2 whole white onions , halved
• ¼ cup soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 garlic clove , minced
• salt
• black pepper

Directions:

1. Wash and clean the chicken, pat dry.
2. Mix the soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic and salt and pepper.
3. Place the whole chicken in a gallon zip lock bag.
4. Add the soy preparation to the bag and seal.
5. Place in fridge for 1 hour.
6. Preheat oven to 350°F.
7. Peel and halve the onions.
8. Quarter the orange.
9. Remove chicken from bag and place in a roasting pan.
10. Save the soy preparation.
11. Place the onion halves and orange quarters in the chicken cavity.
12. Salt and pepper the outside of the chicken well.
13. Place the "stuffed" chicken in the preheated oven.
14. Place the soy preparation in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat until boiling.
15. Add salt and pepper to taste.
16. Turn off heat and use warm to baste.
17. Baste the chicken with this mixture every 15 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
18. Cook until juices run clear and meat is no longer pink.

Reviews

[airlink diva]

I prepared this recipe for my brown bag lunch. I marinated the chicken overnight instead of a hour.
Like Evelyn/athens suggested, I did turn the chicken midway during cooking to ensure even basting and coloring.
Came out beautiful and taste was good
I would add more season in the marinate and with the onions and oranges. Will do this recipe again and tweek it.

[invictus]

I absolutely loved this as did the rest of my family. I eliminated the marinating step due to time but felt that it was delicious just the same.

[Kit^..^ty Of Canada]

This was a very simple recipe with a great taste. The chicken was moist. I would have given it 5 stars but there was one young guest that did not care for the citrus taste.