French Baked Chicken isn’t another boring chicken recipe. Oh no!
Ingredients
1 large orange , zested and juiced, separated, leftovers reserved
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
5 large garlic cloves , coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons fresh tarragon , coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon italian parsley , coarsely chopped
2 teaspoons dried herbes de provence
6 tablespoons orange marmalade
10 oil cured olives , pitted
fine sea salt and pepper
4 chicken halves , skin on
1 cup chicken broth
1 cup white wine
orange and fresh thyme , for garnish
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a small food processor or blender, combine orange zest, orange juice and olive oil, garlic, tarragon, parsley, herbes de provence, marmalade and oil cured olives. Blend until a thick paste forms.
Season chicken with fine sea salt and pepper. Loosen skin, slathering paste under skin and over.
Place chicken pieces on a broiler pan. In the bottom of the broiler pan, add chicken broth, white wine and leftover orange rinds.
Bake for 30-40 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees and paste is dark, sticky glaze.
Remove and allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.
If you choose, use liquids in the base of your broiler pan to make gravy by scraping up browned bits and whisking with 1 tablespoons cornstarch. Ladle over top.
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