Oregano Roasting Chicken Food

GREEK OREGANO AND CINNAMON ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C.
• Place chicken in a roasting dish and rub with 1 tbsp oil.
• Place tomato slices on breast and legs.
• Separate the onion slices and place around the chicken.
• Season with the salt, pepper, oregano and cinnamon.
• Drizzle remaining oil over the chicken and place in the oven for 11/2 hours or until the juices run clear.

OREGANO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine the melted butter or margarine, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, oregano and garlic powder. Mix well.
• Place chicken in an ungreased 7x11 inch baking dish. Pour the butter/oregano mixture over the chicken. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Baste juices over the chicken. Bake for an additional 15 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a serving platter and serve the pan drippings over hot cooked rice, if desired.

ZESTY CHICKEN OREGANO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Farenheit.
• Place chicken in ungreased 13 x 9 x 2 inch oblong pan.
• Mix the remaining ingredients (except the lemon slices) together.
• Pour over chicken.
• Cook uncovered, spooning oil mixture over chicken occasionally, for 30 minutes.
• Turn the chicken and cook until thickest pieces are done, about another 30 minutes.
• Garnish with lemon slices.

ROASTED CHICKEN THIGHS WITH LEMON AND OREGANO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425. Very thinly slice half of lemon, discard seeds. Cut remaining half into 2 wedges.
• Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
• Coat a large room temperature skillet with 1 tsp oil. Add chicken (skin side down if you are lucky enough to find skin on thighs, letting fat render and brown until chicken is cooked halfway through, about 10 minutes.
• Scatter half the lemon slices on top of chicken and half in bottom of skillet. Transfer skillet to oven leaving skin side down Roast utnil chicken is cooked through skin is crisp and lemonslices on bottom are caramelized 6-8 minutes.
• Transfer chicken and the caramelized slices from the bottom of skillet to warm platter. Leave softened lemon slices from top in skillet. Return skillet to medium heat. Add oregano, shallot, garlic and red pepper flakes, cook stirring frequently until fragrant about 1 minute. Remove from heat.
• Add wine, cook over medium heat until reduced by half, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add broth, cook until thickened about 3 minutes. Squeeze 1 lemon wedge over and season sauce with salt pepper and juice from remaining lemon if desired. Drissle with 2 tsp oil.
• Return chicken to skillet, skin side up to rewarm, serve topped with caremalized lemon slices.

ROSEMARY OREGANO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, rosemary, garlic powder and pepper.
• Add chicken and turn to coat. Let stand for 10 minutes.
• Pour chicken and marinade into a large baking pan.
• Bake at 400 degrees for one hour or until chicken is nicely browned and juices run clear.
• For this recipe, boneless chicken breasts can also be substituted. Cut the baking time to 30-35 minutes.

ROASTED GARLIC AND OREGANO CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 450°.
• Spray a baking pan or jelly roll pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Wash the chicken breasts and pat dry.
• Combine the olive oil, oregano, mashed minced garlic, salt, and cayenne and black peppers. Stir to make a paste; spread some under the skin of the chicken and the rest over the skin.
• Arrange on the baking sheet, skin side up. Roast for 35 minutes, or until they register about 165° in the thickest part of the meat without touching bone.