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Orange Rosemary Roast Chicken

Here's how you make Orange Rosemary Roast Chicken
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  • Servings: 5
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 1/2h
    • The following recipe serves 5 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 (3 pound) whole chicken (roasting chicken)
  • 1 tablespoon butter, melted (or 1 tablespoon olive oil)
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 large orange (peeled and quartered)
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper (I use freshly ground black pepper)
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
  • GLAZE
  • 3 tablespoons orange marmalade
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, to taste
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Wash chicken, pat dry.

  • Step 2: Brush chicken with melted butter,season both inside and out with salt and pepper and rosemary, placing one clove garlic inside chicken.

  • Step 3: Place in roaster with the orange juice, quartered orange, and remaining clove of garlic.

  • Step 4: Roast uncovered in 350 oven until chicken is well browned, fork tender, and juices run clear when pierced with a fork about (1 1/2 to 2 hours) Baste several times, you may need to add a little more juice or water.

  • Step 5: Make glaze by mixing marmalade and dry rosemary, brush onto chicken and bake for another 10 minutes.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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