Oven Baked Orange Chicken
This delicious baked chicken with a luxurious orange sauce is an easy hands off weeknight dinner! Pair with rice or potatoes and your favorite veggies.
Servings: 6
Calories: 571kcal
Ingredients
- 3 pounds bone in chicken pieces
- 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 Tablespoons paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup honey
- 2 cups orange juice
- 2 Tablespoons onion soup mix You could also use onion salt or onion dip
- Orange slices for garnish
- fresh cilantro minced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Place chicken pieces in an oven safe casserole dish.
- In a bowl, combine the soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, brown sugar, honey, orange juice, onion soup mix and paprika.
- Pour over the chicken. Turn the chicken pieces over a couple of times, making sure it is well coated.
- Cover the chicken with aluminum foil and place it in the oven for about 40 minutes.
- Remove the foil and continue to cook for another hour. Make sure you turn the chicken, so it is evenly cooked.
- Remove the chicken from the oven and serve.
- You may garnish the chicken with orange slices and a bit of minced cilantro.
Notes
Reserve some juice after cooking is complete, to pour over the chicken if you desire