Chicken Ala Orange Plus

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 4 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 8 fresh carrots, scraped, if quite long cut in half (try to get new)
• 2 onions, peeled and quartered
• 3 parsnips, peeled, cut into 3-inch pieces, large pieces quartered lengthwise
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 teaspoons brown sugar
• 2 oranges
• salt & pepper
• 1/4 cup grand marnier or 1/4 cup cointreau liqueur

Recipe

• 1 partially cook the carrots, potato, & parsnips- cook them in boiling water for approx 8 minutes. the vegetables should only be half cooked.
• 2 cut 4 slices of orange, cross wise, from one of the oranges, rind on. use the remainder of this orange to add to the juice.
• 3 cut the second orange in half and squeeze the juice so the combined juice will be approx 3/4 cup of orange juice.you may requjire an additional orange depemding on how juicy your oranges are.
• 4 add the brown sugar and cinnamon to the orange juice, mix well.
• 5 place the chicken in a large oven proof dish allowing enough room for the vegetables to be in one layer.
• 6 surround the chicken with the partially cooked vegetables and the onions.
• 7 season with salt & pepper.
• 8 you may now cover it and place in the fridge until 1 hour before.
• 9 dinner (allow 15 minutes for the dish to get to room temp) or if you did not make it as a "do ahead" recipe continue on.
• 10 stir the orange juice mixture well and pour 3/4 of it over the chicken & vegetables.
• 11 pop your dish into a preheated 375f oven, rack set in the middle of the oven, for 25 minutes.
• 12 remove from oven, place a slice of orange on each chicken piece, pour the remaining orange juice mixture over the orange & chicken pieces.
• 13 bake for an additional 12-15 minutes. check chicken temperature it should be at 175°f to 180°f check drumstick/thigh quarters.
• 14 drizzle the grand marnier over the chicken & vegetables - return to oven for 3 minutes.
• 15 you are ready to serve - i hope it pleases you.