Tropical Baked Chicken
photo by limeandspoontt
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 3 lbs chicken pieces
- 4 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
- 1⁄4 cup chopped green bell peppers or 1/4 cup red bell pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter, cut into bits
- 1 teaspoon dried basil, crumbled
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1⁄2 cup pineapple juice
- 1⁄4 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
directions
- Position rack in the center of the oven.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix together Dijon mustard, basil and honey.
- Smear the chicken with this mixture.
- Arrange chicken, skin side down, in a shallow roasting pan or baking dish just large enough to hold it in a single layer.
- Sprinkle the pieces with finely chopped onions, bell peppers, butter, salt and freshly-ground pepper to taste and 1/2 tsp each of cinnamon and paprika.
- Pour orange and pineapple juice around the chicken.
- Bake, basting once, for 30 minutes.
- Turn the chicken skin side up, season with salt and pepper, 1/2 tsp each of cinnamon and paprika, and all of brown sugar.
- Bake until the chicken is tender and golden, about 20 minutes longer.
- Add more orange juice or pineapple juice if the pan seems dry.
- Pour the juice into a small saucepan and boil over high heat until it becomes syrupy.
- Spoon the sauce over the chicken and serve.
Reviews
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This was amazing! I wasn't sure about how all the flavours would work together, but the combination intrigued me. I did everything exactly as lined out in the recipe, but instead of bringing the sauce to a boil at the end, I increased the oven temperature to about 425*F and baked it for about 10 minutes longer, until the sauce was thick and the chicken was nicely browned. We were rewarded with one of the most delicious chicken dishes I have eaten in a long time. Thankyou so much for this wonderful recipe. It is a keeper for sure.
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I really questioned the mix of ingredients, but decided to make this anyway. I used 1 bone-in skinless chicken breast and halved the other ingredients. This turned out wonderfully moist and delicious. It did take a while for my sauce to get "syrupy", but once it did, yummy, yummy! Thanks for sharing! Made for ZWT7.
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.