Steps to Prepare Any-night-of-the-week Easy Roasted Orange Chicken

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, easy roasted orange chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook easy roasted orange chicken using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Roasted Orange Chicken:

1. Make ready 2.5-3 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces (drums/ thighs/ wings/ half breasts)
2. Make ready For marinade:
3. Make ready 1/4 cup + 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
4. Prepare 1/3 cup honey (you can also substitute with maple syrup or agave)
5. Make ready 1/3 cup orange juice
6. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
7. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (not garlic salt)
8. Take 1-2 green onions, chopped (including the white part)
9. Make ready 1 Tablespoon oil
10. Prepare optional: up to 1 Tablespoon distilled white or apple cider vinegar or lemon/lime juice if you like things a little extra tangy
11. Get optional: 1/4 teaspoon ginger powder or 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
12. Prepare optional: 1 Tablespoon sriracha or chili garlic sauce
13. Make ready For garnish: 2-4 orange slices (just under 1/4-inch thick)

Instructions to make Easy Roasted Orange Chicken:

1. Put all marinade ingredients in a bowl and stir until honey is dissolved.
2. In a large mixing bowl, or casserole dish, or Ziploc bag, combine the chicken with the marinade and give it a few gentle tosses to thoroughly season all the chicken. If in a bowl or dish, you should flip the chicken halfway through the marinating time so both sides are seasoned through.
3. Marinate chicken for at least one hour and up to overnight and take it out of the fridge 30 to 40 minutes before roasting to bring it up to room temp.
4. Preheat oven to 425F.
5. Put your chicken on a single layer, skin side up, on a sheet pan. (You might like to line it with foil for easier cleanup.) Reserve leftover marinade.
6. Roast chicken for 30 minutes at first, then pour leftover marinade over chicken, place orange slices on the pan as well, and roast for an additional 15 to 20 minutes.
7. Enjoy! :)

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