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Citrus-Basted Chicken

Here's how you make Citrus-Basted Chicken
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 1h
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 3 1/2 pound chicken, whole (broiler)
  • 1 orange, halved, sliced
  • 1 lemon, halved, sliced
  • 3/4 cup orange juice (divided)
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice (divided)
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
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: Rinse chicken in cold running water. Drain, pat dry inside and out with paper towel. Place orange and lemon slices inside chicken.

  • Step 2: Spray inside of rotisserie basket with nonstick vegetable coating spray; place chicken on the spit and screw spit into the basket. Center chicken on spit with wings downward, legs upward. Place basket with chicken inside the rotisserie.

  • Step 3: Combine 1/4 cup orange juice, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and lime juice. Brush 1/3 of mixture over chicken. Reserve remaining mixture.

  • Step 4: Close rotisserie door. Plug in. Be certain unit rotates freely. Cook until juices run clear and thermometer inserted in breast registers 185ºF (approximately 60 to 65 minutes).

  • Step 5: Brush with remaining mixture during last 15 minutes of cooking.

  • Step 6: Meanwhile, combine remaining 1/2 cup orange juice, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, honey and cornstarch in small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until boiling. Cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly until thickened and clear.

  • Step 7: Serve as sauce with chicken.

  • Step 8: Open rotisserie door. Grasp end of spit and basket with pot holders and place on a heatproof work surface.

  • Step 9: Remove chicken to warm platter to serve.

  • Step 10: Refrigerate leftovers.


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