Baked Chicken with Orange: Easy and Flavorful

Marinade

1. Oven-baked chicken with orange is easy to make, although the meat needs some time to marinate with spices in the orange juice. For the marinade use crushed garlic cloves, a sprig of fresh rosemary and orange zest cut into strips. Of the spices, curry powder, sweet paprika and black pepper work best.

2. Wash the chicken, remove any remaining feathers and large pieces of fat. Remove any remains of the innards as well.

   

3. Cut the chicken into 4-6 pieces. Put the pieces in a ceramic bowl.

4. Season the chicken with a little salt and pepper, add a pinch of curry powder and a little sweet paprika. Mix the meat with the spices.

5. Add a sprig of fresh rosemary and 1-2 peeled garlic cloves, crushed with the flat of a knife, to the bowl.

   

6. Squeeze the juice of one orange into a cup and cut the zest into strips.

7. Add the zest to the meat, pour over the orange juice and put it in the fridge. The chicken should marinate for about 45-60 minutes.

   

Baking

1. A clay baking dish is handy for baking the meat, but ceramic or heatproof glass will do too.

2. Melt 1 tsp of butter and grease the dish with it. Save the rest of the butter for the final brushing of the chicken.

4. Take the chicken out of the marinade, clean off the herbs, garlic and zest thoroughly, then pat it dry with paper towels.

5. Arrange the pieces in the baking dish skin side up and brush with a little butter.

6. Put it in an oven preheated to 180-190°C. After marinating, chicken bakes in about 20 minutes, but it is worth adding a little time. By the way, there is no need to turn the pieces in the dish.

   

7. After 20 minutes, brush the pieces with butter and return them to the oven for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown. This helps them brown better. If your oven has a grill, you can use it, but carefully and keeping a close eye on it.

   

Serving

1. Wash the second orange well and cut it into wedges with the peel.

   If you like, bake potato wedges at the same time as the chicken; they cook fairly quickly and make a very good side for baked chicken.

2. When the meat is fully cooked, arrange the pieces on serving plates with the orange wedges. Serve the dish while it is very hot.

   

   The baked potatoes can be served separately or put right on the plate. Add a sprig of greens if you like. You can also add a little grapefruit juice to the marinade, which gives it a special flavor.