Orange Chicken Recipe

  Chicken

Ingredients:
4 tsp Dijon mustard, optional
3 lb. frying chicken, quartered & skinned
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 tbsp butter, melted
1 sm. onion, chopped
1 c. orange juice
1/4 c. brown sugar, lightly packed

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375. Spread mustard on meaty side of chicken and sprinkle with salt & pepper. Place chicken, meaty side down, in baking pan. Add butter, onion and orange juice. Bake for 20 minutes, basting after 10 minutes. Turn chicken over. Stir sugar into pan juices. Continue baking chicken for 40 minutes, basting several times, until chicken is golden brown and tender. Remove chicken from pan and keep warm. Pour pan juices into 1 quart saucepan and boil gently, stirring frequently, until sauce is reduced and thickened. Spoon sauce over chicken and serve.

Serves 4 to 6.

Orange Chicken
 

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