Citrus Seared Chicken With Orange Olive Sauce Food

SCALLOPS WITH CITRUS GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• Pat your scallops dry with a paper towel and sprinkle them with sea salt.
• Heat the oil in a sauté pan over medium high heat. When the oil is nearly smoking, place your scallops in the pan and sear for approximately one and a half to two minutes on each side. Remove scallops to a plate.
• Reduce the heat to medium and add the orange and lemon juice, orange zest, grated ginger and butter to the pan. Whisk the sauce together in the pan until it's simmering, then add the scallops back to the pan and spoon the sauce on top.
• Plate your scallops, drizzle more sauce on top and garnish with thyme.

CHICKEN WITH CITRUS SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Salt and pepper the chicken. Heat oil in a heavy skillet and brown chicken, cooking all the way through. Remove the chicken from the skillet and keep warm.
• 2. Add onion and garlic to the skillet and cook just long enough for onions to become soft. Turn heat to high under skillet and add orange juice, lemon juice, lime juice, pineapple juice, honey, cilantro and ginger. Cook stirring frequently untill sauce starts to thicken. Turn the heat to a simmer and add chicken to the skillet stirring to cover chicken in sauce. Serve.

CHICKEN WITH QUICK CITRUS PAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Season chicken on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in a 10-inch non-stick pan over medium high. Add the garlic and cook until the garlic begins to turn golden, about 1 minute. Do not let the garlic burn, keep moving it around. Place the chicken on top of the garlic and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Turn the chicken over and add the orange juice and thyme. Cook until the chicken is cooked through and the orange juice is slightly reduced, about 2 to 3 more minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan and place on a cutting board. Reduce the orange juice more at this time, if necessary.
• Slice chicken into thin strips. Pour sauce over chicken. Serve immediately.

ORANGE ROUGHY WITH CITRUS SAUCE

Steps:

• Soak fish in milk 10 minutes. Remove, sprinkle with salt and dredge in flour.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook fish until it is golden on one side, about 3 minutes. Cook second side until golden and cooked through, about 3 to 4 more minutes. Remove fish to a serving platter.
• Wipe frying pan clean. Reduce heat to low, add remaining oil and cook garlic 30 seconds. Add lime juice, lemon juice, orange juice, parsley, and green onions. Add butter, swirl in skillet until just creamy. Pour sauce over fish and serve.

PAN SEARED SCALLOPS WITH CITRUS SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix dressing ingredients together and set aside.
• If steaming green beans, set them inside a steamer basket inside a pot, with a little water. Bring to a boil, cover, steam 2 - 3 minutes, or until bright green and just tender. Uncover.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat until smoking.
• Season the oil with salt and pepper. Add the patted dry scallops ( or fish) and sear for 1-2 minutes until golden. Turn over. If cooking a thick piece of fish, finish in a warm oven.
• Spoon flavorful dressing over the scallops and green beans.

SEARED TUNA WITH CITRUS SALSA

Steps:

• Rub tuna steaks with peppercorns and set aside while you make the salsa.
• To make the salsa, section oranges, removing all peels and pith. Chop orange sections into 1/2-inch pieces. Combine orange with onion, cilantro, olive oil and lime juice. Toss together, season with salt and cayenne and set aside. Rub a cast iron grill pan with oil and heat. Grill tuna, turning once, until desired degree of rareness is reached, from 2 to 5 minutes per side, depending on thickness. Serve topped with citrus salsa.

CITRUS-SEARED CHICKEN WITH ORANGE OLIVE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a glass or stainless steel bowl, combine juices, 2 teaspoons jerk seasoning and cumin.
• In a shallow bowl, combine flour and 1 teaspoon jerk seasoning.
• Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Dip chicken in juice, coat both sides with flour.
• Cook 5 minutes per side, until golden and cooked through.
• Transfer to serving plate and keep warm.
• Stir remaining flour into oil in skillet, then remaining juice, bell peppers, olives and honey.
• Cook until thickened, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Serve with chicken.
• Makes 4 servings.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH CITRUS PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F. Slide fingertips beneath skin of each chicken breast to loosen. Sprinkle each chicken breast with 1 teaspoon cumin and salt and pepper; rub seasoning beneath and on top of skin.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Place chicken, skin side down, in pan and cook until skin browns, about 5 minutes; turn chicken over. Place skillet in oven and roast until chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to plate. Add remaining oil to drippings in skillet; add garlic and sauté over medium-high heat 30 seconds. Add chicken broth, orange juice, lemon juice, orange peel, lemon peel, and remaining 1 teaspoon cumin; boil until reduced to 1 scant cup, about 3 minutes. Pour sauce over chicken; sprinkle with cilantro and serve.

ORANGE-ROSEMARY GLAZED SALMON

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large non-stick saute pan or skillet over medium-high heat.
• Season both sides of salmon with salt and pepper.
• Add salmon and to pan and cooked until browned on both sides and cooked through, about 3 - 4 minutes per side. Transfer salmon to a plate while leaving oil in pan.
• Add garlic and rosemary to pan and saute 20 seconds, then add 1/4 cup chicken broth and simmer until mostly reduced.
• Stir in orange zest, orange juice, lemon juice and honey. In a small bowl whisk together remaining 1 Tbsp chicken broth with cornstarch.
• Pour into pan, season sauce with salt and pepper to taste then bring to a boil and allow to boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Return salmon to pan, spoon sauce over salmon.
• Recipe source: Cooking Classy

ROAST CHICKEN WITH ORANGE, LEMON, AND GINGER

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350ºF.
• Cut the lemon into quarters. Rub the outside of the chicken with one of the lemon quarters, then discard. In a small bowl, stir together the lemon and orange zests and 1 tablespoon of the grated ginger. Rub this mixture evenly in the cavity. Put the lemon and orange quarters inside the bird. Place the chicken on a rack in a roasting pan. Sprinkle it with salt and pepper. In the now-empty small bowl, combine the melted margarine or olive oil, lemon and orange juices, honey, and the remaining 2 tablespoons ginger. Mix well.
• Place the chicken in the oven and roast, basting with the citrus juice mixture at least 4 times during cooking, until the juices run clear when the thigh is pierced with a knife, about 1 hour.
• Transfer to a serving platter and let rest for 10 to 15 minutes. Carve the chicken. Garnish with orange sections.
• Variation: Use 4 tablespoons pomegranate juice in place of the lemon juice.