Orange Ginger Brined Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• Place 1 1/2 cups of the water and 1/4 cup chopped ginger in a medium saucepan. Bring it to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low; simmer 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Add the remaining 3 cups water, salt, 2 teaspoons orange peel, 1 cup orange juice, 1/2 cup apple juice, honey, thyme and hot pepper sauce; stir well to dissolve. Cool 15 minutes or until room temperature.
• Place the chicken in a 1 gallon resealable plastic bag. Place in a large bowl. Add the brine. Press the bag to remove air; seal. Refrigerate at least 6 hours or up to overnight. Drain; discard brine. Gently pat the chicken dry.
• Meanwhile, heat the oven to 375*F. Place the chicken, breast up, in a heavy shallow roasting pan. In a small bowl, stir together 1 tbls. minced ginger, remaining 2 teaspoons orange peel and butter. With a spatula, loosen skin from the breast and thigh areas. Spread the butter mixture under the skin of chicken over breast and thigh meat. Bake 1 hour 30 minute to 1 hour 45 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 180*F. Place the chicken on a platter; cover loosely with foil. Let stand 10 to 15 minutes.
• Now remove the fat from pan drippings. Add 1/2 cup of water, broth, 1/3 cup orange juice and 1 teaspoons ginger to the roasting pan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, scraping up all the browned bits from the bottom of the pan. In a small bowl, stir together remaining 2 tbls. water and cornstarch; whisk into the sauce. Boil 1 minute or until thickened. Serve sauce with the chicken. Enjoy!

Steps:

• Place flour in a large resealable plastic bag. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Add to bag, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat. In a large skillet, cook chicken in oil in batches over medium heat until chicken is no longer pink. Remove and keep warm., In the same skillet, combine the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan; cook and stir until thickened. Return chicken to the pan; heat through. Sprinkle with green onion and sesame seeds if desired.

Steps:

• Mix together orange juice, garlic salt, soy sauce and ginger; pour over wings in large nonmetal bowl.
• Refrigerate for at least 1-1/2 hrs or overnight.
• Bake for 60 minutes at 350,baste and turn the wings over about every 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Arrange chicken breast in a single layer, top side up, in a baking dish.
• In a small bowl combine orange juice, soy sauce, brown sugar and ginger.
• Pour over the Chicken.
• Bake for 35 minutes.
• Remove chicken from pan.
• Combine cornstarch with the Splenda and 1/2 cup of water.
• Stir until smooth and then stir into pan juices.
• Put chicken back in pan, top side down in the sauce.
• Bake 10 to 15 minutes longer or untill sauce is thickened and chicken is tender.
• Garnish with orange slices and parsley.