Orange Maple Balsamic Chicken To Die For Food

BALSAMIC ORANGE MAPLE GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Place chicken breasts on your prepared pan.
• In a small saucepan, over medium to medium high heat, combine orange juice, maple syrup, balsamic vinegar, Dijon or yellow mustard, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• Bring mixture to a boil and simmer until liquid is reduced to 1 cup, about 7 minutes.
• Add basil and orange peel. Remove from the heat and set aside.
• Coat chicken with remaining salt and pepper.
• Bake in oven for 45 minutes, basting as frequently as possible. We try and baste about every 10 minutes. Totally worth it! Serve and enjoy!

ORANGE AND BALSAMIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Season chicken with salt and pepper. In a large ovenproof skillet, heat oil over medium-high. Add chicken, skin side down, and cook until golden and crisp, 7 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate and pour off fat from skillet. Return chicken, skin side up, to skillet and transfer to oven. Bake until cooked through, 10 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate.
• Heat skillet over medium and add vinegar and orange wedges. Cook, stirring and scraping up browned bits with a wooden spoon, until orange begins to soften, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter. To serve, return chicken to skillet and toss with orange and sauce.

ORANGE-BALSAMIC GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large pan, heat the extra-virgin olive oil over medium-high to high heat.
• Season the chicken liberally with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. When the oil is hot and ripples, add the chicken and brown for 5 minutes, then turn and sprinkle with rosemary. Cook until the chicken is tender and cooked through, about 5 minutes more.
• In a small bowl, stir together the marmalade, vinegar and stock and pour over the chicken. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until the sauce has thickened and becomes a thin glaze. Add the scallions during the last minute of cooking time. Arrange on a serving platter and serve topped with arugula greens.

ROSEMARY CHICKEN WITH ORANGE-MAPLE GLAZE

Steps:

• Bring orange juice and wine to a boil in a small saucepan. Reduce heat slightly, but keep high enough to continue a low boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in maple syrup and continue boiling for another 5 to 6 minutes, stirring frequently, until glossy and just slightly thickened. Set aside.
• In a small bowl mix together the rosemary, salt and pepper. Rub mixture on both sides of chicken breasts, and set aside.
• Melt butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken breasts, cover skillet and saute for about 5 minutes on each side until lightly browned. Pour orange-maple mixture over chicken (mixture will boil and bubble). Reduce heat to simmer; cover and let cook for another 10 minutes, basting occasionally, until chicken is cooked through and sauce has turned into a rich, thick glaze.

MARY'S MAPLE & ORANGE GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Make several diagonal slashes across each chicken breast. Tip the other ingredients into a wide shallow bowl and swirl them together until everything is well mixed. Add the chicken breasts and turn them in the mixture until they are evenly coated. At this point you can cover the dish with cling film and chill the chicken for 24 hours, but it's also fine to cook them straight away.
• Preheat the grill or light the BBQ. Then cook the chicken for 5-6 minutes each side, turning once and brushing or spooning over more marinade as you go, until the chicken is browned and glossy. Serve the chicken on a bed of dressed salad leaves.

ORANGE-MAPLE GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the orange juice, syrup, vinegar, mustard, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced to 1/2 cup, about 5 minutes. Stir in basil and orange zest. Remove from the heat; set aside., Sprinkle chicken with remaining salt and pepper. Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat for 5-7 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 165°, basting frequently with orange juice mixture.

ORANGE-BALSAMIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken between 2 pieces of heavy-duty plastic wrap and flatten to 1/2 inch thickness. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then dredge in flour.
• Melt margarine in a large non-stick skillet. Add chicken and cook over medium-high heat until done, about 8-10 minutes, turning once. Remove from skillet and keep warm.
• Combine broth and cornstarch. Stir in marmalade. Add to skillet and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened.
• Stir in vinegar. Reduce heat to medium.
• Return chicken to skillet and turn to coat well with sauce. Cook 1-2 more minutes until thoroughly heated.

GRILLED ORANGE BALSAMIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients to make marinade.
• Place chicken in non-metal pan along with the marinade.
• Cover and refrigerate for 3 to 12 hours, turning chicken frequently.
• Grill until chicken is thoroughly cooked.

MAPLE & ORANGE CHICKEN WITH PEPPERED PECANS

Steps:

• Mix orange juice, mustard, garlic, maple syrup, sunflower oil and vinegar in a bowl. Marinade chicken for at least 4 hours, but overnight is even better.
• For the pecans, melt the butter, and stir in tabasco, pepper flakes and garlic. Stir in the pecans. Spread onto a flat baking sheet and bake on a really low temp - approx 120C for an hour. Be careful that the pecans don't burn though.
• After marinading, remove the chicken and pour marinade into a small pan, bring to the boil, stirring until the marinade reduces to a sticky glaze. The oil will stop the Maple syrup from burning.
• Grill or barbecue the chicken breasts, turning and brushing with the glaze regularly until the chicken is cooked but still juicy.
• Serve the chicken with the remaining glaze as a sauce, along with the peppered pecans and whatever else takes your fancy.

MAPLE BALSAMIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt, paprika, and thyme.
• Cook chicken in hot oil over medium-high heat 2 minutes per side or until golden brown.
• Stir in chicken broth and next 4 ingredients; bring to a boil.
• Cover, lower heat to low and simmer 15 minutes.
• Remove chicken to a platter; keep warm.
• Whisk peanut butter into liquid in skillet; boil over medium-high heat, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until sauce is thickened.
• Spoon sauce over chicken.

CHICKEN IN BALSAMIC, ORANGE & ROSEMARY SAUCE

Steps:

• Put the chicken between pieces of cling film and flatten slightly by bashing with a pan. Unwrap and sprinkle on both sides with pepper. Heat the oil in a pan over a medium heat, then fry the chicken for 5 minutes, turning halfway through.
• Pour 2 tbsp vinegar over the chicken, add the orange juice and stock and sprinkle with the rosemary and salt. Bring to the boil, lower the heat and bubble gently for 5 minutes until tender, spooning with the sauce frequently and turning chicken halfway through.
• Stir in the sugar, butter and rest of the vinegar, then sizzle for a few minutes until reduced and glossy.
• Put the chicken in a serving dish, spoon the sauce over and garnish with orange and rosemary. Serve with rice and a crisp green salad.