Honeyed Citrus Chicken Food

CITRUS-HONEY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. In a shallow bowl, mix bread crumbs, orange zest, salt and pepper. In another bowl, toss chicken with orange juice. Dip chicken in crumb mixture, patting to help coating adhere; place on a greased foil-lined baking sheet., Spritz tops with cooking spray until crumbs appear moistened. Bake 10-12 minutes or until light golden brown and chicken is no longer pink., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly; cook and stir 1-2 minutes or until blended. Serve with chicken.

HONEYED CITRUS CHICKEN

Steps:

• Put chicken on cutting board with breast downward and cut through the bottom part of the chicken with shears or scissors, making sure not to cut right through to the breast bone below.
• Rinse the chicken with cold water, drain, and place on a board with skin side uppermost.
• Press the chicken flat - You can thread two long wooden skewers through the bird if it won't stay flat.
• Put all the marinade ingredients, except the oranges, in a heavy-duty plastic zip lock or non-metallic container and chill for 4 or more hours - Turning Occasionally.
• To make the sauce, mix all the ingredients and spoon into a serving dish, cover and chill.
• Transfer the chicken and marinade to a roasting pan, open out the chicken and place skin side downward.
• Tuck the orange wedges around the chicken and roast in a preheated oven at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.
• Turn the chicken over and roast for another 20 to 30 minutes.

CITRUS CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients in a large resealable plastic bag and refrigerate for 6 to 8 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Remove the chicken from the marinade, reserving 1/4 cup for Glaze and put the chicken in a 13-by-9-inch pan and bake for 45 minutes. Baste with the Glaze, turn the pieces over and bake for an additional 15 to 25 minutes, basting every 7 minutes. Remove from the oven and arrange the chicken on a serving platter.
• In a small saucepan, over medium-high heat, add the olive oil. When the oil is hot add the shallots and ginger and saute for 3 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and reduce heat to a low simmer. Cook for 15 minutes. Baste the chicken with the glaze after 45 minutes.

HONEY-CITRUS CHICKEN

Steps:

• Puree pineapple, jalapeño and garlic in blender until almost smooth. Pour pineapple puree into 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass dish. Add orange juice, lime juice, soy sauce, chopped cilantro, chopped basil, black pepper, orange peel and lime peel to puree. Stir to combine. Add chicken to marinade and turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours, turning often, (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.)
• Remove chicken from marinade. Using rubber spatula, lightly scrape excess marinade from chicken. Strain marinade into heavy medium saucepan. Transfer 1/3 cup marinade to small bowl; whisk in honey. Boil remaining marinade until reduced to 1 1/2 cups sauce, about 15 minutes. Whisk in butter. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
• Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Brush grill with oil. Grill chicken until cooked through, turning and basting often with reserved honey marinade, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to platter. Garnish with cilantro and basil sprigs. Serve passing sauce separately.

HONEY LEMON CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 10 ingredients.
• Pour 2/3 cup marinade into a large resealable plastic bag; add the chicken, seal bag and turn to coat. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Cover and refrigerate the remaining marinade.
• Drain and discard marinade from chicken.
• Coat grill rack with cooking spray before starting the grill.
• Grill chicken, uncovered, over medium heat for 12-15 minutes or until juices run clear, turning once and basting occasionally with reserved marinade.

HONEY CITRUS CROCK POT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Roll Lemon on kitchen counter to loosen insides and pierce with a fork.
• Place Lemon inside of chicken cavity along with the clove of garlic.
• Put chicken into crock pot.
• Pour orange juice and honey over the chicken.
• Sprinkle pepper on top.
• Cover and cook on high for about 8 hours.
• Enjoy.

HONEY-CITRUS CHICKEN STIR-FRY

Steps:

• To make the sauce, in a bowl mix honey, apple cider vinegar, orange juice, soy sauce, and cornstarch. Set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a large wok or skillet. Add veggies and cook until tender-crisp (about 3 or 4 minutes). Remove veggies from wok.
• Add more oil if needed before adding chicken. Cook chicken for 3 or 4 minutes, or until no longer pink.
• Push the chicken to the sides of the pan and pour the sauce into the center (give the sauce a quick mix before doing this).
• Allow the sauce to bubble and thicken, while gently stirring. Then return the veggies to the pan and cook until heated through and all ingredients are coated with glaze.
• Serve over rice.

HONEYED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Arrange chicken pieces in a 15x10x1-inch baking pan making sure pieces do not touch.
• Bake in a 400 degree F oven for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine green onion, honey, garlic powder, and ground red pepper.
• Brush chicken pieces with honey mixture.
• Return to oven.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes more or until golden brown and chicken is no longer pink.
• Makes 4 servings.

CITRUS POACHED CHICKEN WITH CITRUS HONEY SAUCE

Steps:

• Thoroughly rinse the chicken and cut breasts in half lengthwise. Thinly slice the chicken breast halves into discs just under 1/4" thick. The goal is to have the chicken approximately the same thickness as chicken in take-out Chinese food dishes. The slicing is where most of the prep time comes from.
• Drain the chicken slices in a collender while you prepare the poaching liquid.
• Slice the lemons and limes in half width-wise. Use a citrus reamer or a juicer to extract the juices into a wide saucepan or chef's pan. Add the white wine.
• Heat on high until you see steam curling above the liquid.
• Add the drained chicken and stir. Cook until chicken is no longer pink, stirring to keep the chicken moving to cook evenly.
• After chicken is cooked through, remove with slotted utensil to fresh collender nestled in a bowl. Drain solids out of cooking liquid and return liquid to pan and bring to light boil. Add honey and juices from chicken that have collected under the collender. Boil until sauce reduces enough to thickly coat back of wooden spoon.
• Serve chicken over seasoned rice and drizzle with sauce. I use reduced sodium Rice-A-Roni.
• Try substituting 1 - 2 oranges for the limes and current jelly for the honey. Very yummy!