Honey Orange Glazed Chicken
Description
A honey and orange glaze coats chicken drumsticks, which are baked to juicy perfection. This fall-off-the-bone chicken is easy to make ahead and great for dinner parties.
Ingredients
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8 large chicken legs
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1 tablespoon salt
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1 cup honey
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1 cup orange juice with pulp
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1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
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7 sprigs fresh rosemary, finely chopped
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2 oranges, zested
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2 cloves garlic, minced
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ground black pepper to taste
Directions
1
Sprinkle chicken with salt and place in a large glass or plastic bowl.
2
Whisk together honey, orange juice with pulp, butter, rosemary, orange zest, garlic, and pepper in a separate bowl. Pour orange mixture over chicken; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to overnight.
3
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
4
Place chicken in a single layer in a roasting pan; pour orange mixture over chicken.
5
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Baste chicken with pan juices and reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Continue basting chicken every 20 minutes and cook until chicken is a deep orange-brown color, no longer pink at the bone, and the juices run clear, about 90 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat near the bone should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).