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Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges

April 23rd, 2011 in Chicken, Main Dishes by
Total cooking time: 2h 30min
Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges

This roast chicken was a first real food we cooked in our new home since the move (yep, we got a house!). So it was kind of the “celebration of new home” meal :).

If you are looking for some easy recipe for some special event – search no more: whole chicken roast stuffed with oranges is very-very juicy and has a bit unusual sweet taste.

It goes good with mashed potatoes or plain boiled rice as a side dish.

If you don’t like taste of orange zest – peel oranges before stuffing, that will smooth taste a bit.

Ingredients:


How to prepare, step-by-step:

  1. Prepare ingredients: rinse chicken (if it has giblets – remove then, you will not need chicken giblets for this recipe), wash oranges:
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 1
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 1
  2. Warm up oven till 340F. Arrange chicken in the baking pan and rub it with salt and ground black pepper from both sides, also inside and out:
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 2
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 2
  3. Slice oranges in circles (if you don’t like taste of orange zest – peel oranges before slicing):
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 3
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 3
  4. Trickiest part in this recipe is to stuff oranges under chicken skin. Just don’t rush and carefully push slice after slice under the skin (you can separate skin from the meat with a knife to make it a bit easier, but try not to damage skin):
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 4
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 4
  5. About 5-6 slices will fit on one side:
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 5
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 5
  6. Then flip chicken to the other side and repeat the same (4-5 orange slice will do):
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 6
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 6
  7. Flip chicken back. Peel garlic cloves and slice them lengthwise in to halves or quarters:
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 7
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 7
  8. And put inside of the chicken cavity:
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 8
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 8
  9. Stuff chicken cavity with orange slices and tips, as much as you can fit:
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 9
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 9
  10. Then tie chicken legs together with cooking twine:
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 10
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 10
  11. If you have some oranges left – add them to the baking pan, then put pan to the oven (preheated to 340F):
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 11
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 11
  12. Roast chicken with oranges for about 2h – 2.5h, from time to time pour juices from the pan over chicken, that will make it even juicier. When chicken is cooked though (if you pierce meat with knife around thigh – clear colored juice comes out) remove pan from the oven:
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 12
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 12
  13. Slice whole roast chicken into portion pieces (remove skin and oranges if you wish) and serve with your choice of side dish:
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 13
    Whole Chicken Roast with Oranges Recipe: Step 13
Enjoy!
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krysten
10 years ago

I am cooking the chicken now and seeing how it turns out. I am a little scared though my chickens tend to come out dry. But I will let everyone know how it comes out!!!

Michael
11 years ago

Hi,

I’m big fan of your site. Great and delicious recipes. I would like to use this recipe for a small (1lb.) cornish hen. How should I adjust the temp & roast time. Thank you

Michael
11 years ago
Reply to  Julia Volhina

Thanks for the tip Julia. Will do.

Renee Cote
10 years ago
Reply to  Michael

I bet you could use clementines for the hens! I bet it would be great!

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