Roasted Orange Rosemary Honey Glazed Chicken

Super tasty, quick, easy chicken burger recipe made with seasoned, crispy chicken breast.

Recipe Summary Roasted Orange Rosemary Honey Glazed Chicken

This is always a hit when I make it for dinner parties and Boxing Day dinner because the chicken is always fall-off-the-bone juicy and people love the glaze. People always go for seconds! You may quarter 2 chickens instead if you aren't able to get just legs from your butcher, but I find the legs are juicier and save money. Serve this dish with fragrant rice and dilled carrots or roasted asparagus.

Ingredients | Chicken Burger Recipes Uk

8 large chicken legs

1 tablespoon salt

1 cup honey

1 cup orange juice with pulp

½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

7 sprigs fresh rosemary, finely chopped

2 oranges, zested

2 cloves garlic, minced (Optional)

ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Sprinkle chicken with salt and place in a large glass or plastic bowl.

Whisk together honey, orange juice, butter, rosemary, orange zest, and garlic. Pour orange mixture over chicken; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Place chicken legs in a single layer in a roasting pan; pour orange mixture over chicken.

Roast for 30 minutes in the preheated oven; reduce temperature to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Baste chicken with pan juices every 20 minutes until chicken is a deep orange brown color, no longer pink at the bone, and juices run clear, about 90 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

A lot of the orange glaze remains in the pan. I usually mix it into the rice or it can be strained and thickened with a bit of cornstarch and poured over the rice.

Info | Chicken Burger Recipes Uk

prep: 20 mins cook: 2 hrs additional: 1 hr total: 3 hrs 20 mins Servings: 8 Yield: 8 servings

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