Apricot Orange Chicken Heart Healthy

Name: Apricot Orange Chicken Heart Healthy
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 30 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken; 1 orange, Supremed (see tip at end of recipe); 1 cup Grand Marnier; 1 white onion, sliced; 1 fennel bulb, sliced; 1 cup dried apricot; 1/2 cup boiling water; 1/2 cup Grand Marnier; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 1 white onion, sliced; 1 fennel bulb, sliced

Submitted by personalchef

"Submitted for RSC #9."

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Ready In:: 8hrs 30mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 4

ingredients

1 whole chicken
1 orange, Supremed (see tip at end of recipe)
1 cup Grand Marnier
1 white onion, sliced
1 fennel bulb, sliced
1 cup dried apricot
¹⁄₂ cup boiling water
¹⁄₂ cup Grand Marnier
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 white onion, sliced
1 fennel bulb, sliced

directions

Cut chicken in half, lengthwise, using a sharp cleaver and kitchen shears as needed. Remove skin.
Prepare marinade: Place ingredients, orange slices through fennel bulb in a non reactive container large enough for skinned chicken halves to lie in marinade, fleshy side down.
Marinate at least 8 hours, preferably overnight. Occasionally baste the upside of chicken with marinade.
Remove chicken from marinade, lightly dab with paper towel to remove excess moisture. Discard marinade.
For glaze: Soak the apricots in the boiling water, approximately 30 minute Remove apricots and squeeze out any excess moisture.
Place apricots, Grand Marnier, and Soy Sauce in Food Processor and blend till smooth.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Brush chicken generously with the apricot glaze.
Place sliced onion and fennel in bottom of 13 X 9 baking dish, glass preferred. Place the glazed chicken halves, bone side down, on top of onion and fennel slices. Cover with foil and place in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
Remove foil and bake an additional 20-30 minutes until meat thermometer, inserted thigh registers 165 degrees. Remove chicken halves from pan and keep warm.
Place onions, fennel and juices from pan in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Add a little water if needed. Strain sauce.
Cut chicken into quarters and place on serving plate. Drizzle with sauce, and pass remaining sauce.
Tip: To supreme an orange: Peel with a knife, removing all white traces. Slice segments between the white skin parts, so that you just have skinless segments.

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This the second RSC#9 recipe that I have made post-contest - and yet again, I am so sorry that I did not try this when the contest was running - I made so many though!!! You should be very proud of devising this recipe - it was SUPERB! We ALL loved the blend of ingredients and flavours....the chicken was wonderful cooked this way. plus, the sauce was DIVINE - I will be using the marinade/sauce for future cooking! I am lucky enough to be able to buy Grand Marnier in France at much reduced prices compared to the rest of the world, so 1/2 cup was not a problem - but if it is a problem where you live, put a slug of Brandy in with some orange juice - that will do the trick! Thanks for posting this - I urge anyone who likes fruity chicken and vegetables to make it! FT:-)

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