Sweet and Savory Blood Orange Chicken

Step 1

Mix the ingredients for the marinade together in a large bowl. Add chicken and marinade for 2-24 hours. (The longer the better.)

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Transfer the chicken onto a cast iron or large baking dish. Be sure to pour some of the marinade onto each piece of chicken. Take a few blood orange slices and gently wedge it under the skin of the chicken. Season the dish with salt and pepper, throw in a few sprigs of rosemary, and transfer it to the oven.

Step 3

After 25 minutes, baste the chicken with the sauce. If there is an excess of sauce and juices at the bottom of the cast iron or baking dish, pour about half of it out.Return the chicken to the oven for an additional 20 minutes. Once the chicken is done it will have a nice, crispy, golden crust.

Step 4

To finish the dish, sauté the orange slices with the extra sauce (that was initially kept aside). Simply pour 1 tbsp of the sauce into a pan over medium heat, add the orange slices, and cook them for about 2 minutes on each side. Then garnish the dish with oranges. If you would like extra sauce, add the remaining sauce to the hot dish and allow it to simmer for about 5 minutes.

Step 5

Serve chicken over rice, or your favorite sides. Drizzle with sauce and enjoy!