Szechuan Roasted Chicken
Adding some Chinese to the menu!!
A recipe full of yummy protein filled diet, fit for all age groups.
Ingredients
- Orange Juice - 1 Cup
- Minced Garlic - 1 tbsp
- Vegetable Oil - 1 tbsp
- Soya Sauce - 3 tbsp
- Olive Oil - 1 tbsp
- Szechuan seasoning (such as McCormick) - 1 tbsp
- Skinless chicken quarters - 4 pieces
- 1 Sweet Potato (cut into 1 inch pieces)
- 2 white Potatoes (cut into 1 inch pieces)
- Cornstarch - 1.5 tbsp
- Trimmed scallions - 1 bunch
Directions
Firstly, heat oven to 425'F and coat a rack with nonstick cooking spray, place in a roasting pan and set aside.
Second step is to combine juice, soy sauce, garlic, seasoning and oil. You need to place chicken quarters and 1/4 cup of the orange juice mixture in a bowl and toss to coat.
It's time to roast the leg pieces by removing them from pan and placing them on rack in the roasting pan, roast them for 10 minutes.
Leave breast pieces in the bowl
Meanwhile, add potatoes to a second roasting pan. Also, sprinkle olive oil and 2 tablespoons of the orange juice mixture to it.
After legs have roasted, add breast pieces to rack with legs and discard marinade. Place potatoes in oven on lower rack. Roast again for 30 minutes.
Add cornstarch into remaining orange juice mixture and place in a sauce pan and bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes or until thickened. Set aside.
After it's done, add scallions to potatoes when there are 5 minutes of cooking time left.
When chicken and potatoes are well cooked and tender, remove them from oven and turn on broiler. Brush chicken, potatoes and scallions generously with thickened sauce prepared previously.
Serve chicken and potatoes warm, topped with scallions.
Nutrition Information:
Servings Per Recipe: 4
PER SERVING: 490 cal., 10 g total fat 122 mg chol., 567 mg sodium, 59 g carb. (6 g fiber), 44 g pro.
I hope this recipe satisfy the hunger needs! If you try this recipe, I鈥檇 love to see pics of your creations!!
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