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Chicken

Chicken with Oranges and Honey

Oven-baked chicken thighs with an orange and honey marinade – crisp skin, juicy meat and a fragrant caramelized sauce

⏱ 1 hr🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Mix the oil, garlic, paprika, orange juice, honey, soy sauce, ginger, salt and black pepper and rub half the mixture into the chicken.
    💡Dry the chicken before seasoning so the mixture clings to the skin; a longer marinade gives deeper color and flavor.
  2. 2
    Cover and marinate the chicken in the fridge at least 1 hour, preferably overnight.
  3. 3
    Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  4. 4
    Arrange the chicken in the pan in a single layer, with space between the pieces, and pour the rest of the mixture over it.
    Baking pan
  5. 5
    Arrange the orange slices around the chicken.
  6. 6
    Bake uncovered 40–45 minutes, until the skin is browned and glossy. While baking, baste the chicken with the pan juices every 15 minutes.
    ⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
  7. 7
    Serve with rice.
476calories
52 gprotein
26 gcarbs
17 gfat
● protein 44%● carbs 22%● fat 34%

Per serving (399 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (2) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)

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