Orange Ginger Roast Chicken – infused with flavour! This chicken is brined to add seasoning and juiciness before roasting to tender perfection!
Orange Ginger Roast Chicken
Orange Ginger Roast Chicken – The fall weather is definitely in the air in this neck of the woods, at least. During one of those chilly days last week, I decided to make a new version of my brined and roasted chicken using orange and ginger flavours. The whole cloves in this brine make a beautifully aromatic addition to the orange and ginger flavours. Your neighbours may be knocking down the door for a dinner invitation if they get a whiff of the gorgeous scent of this chicken roasting…better make 2, just in case! 😉
The brining liquid in this recipe is sufficient for 2 chickens or a turkey. If you are only cooking one chicken you can half the amounts included in the recipe for the bringing liquid.
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Orange Ginger Roast Chicken
Orange Ginger Roast Chicken - infused with flavour! This chicken is brined to add seasoning and juiciness before roasting to tender perfection!
Ingredients
- 1 or 2 three to 4 pound chickens
For the steeped herbs & spices (for the brine recipe)
- 3 tbsp peppercorns
- 4 tbsp dry thyme
- 4 whole star anise
- 2 tbsp whole cloves
- 4 tbsp grated fresh ginger
- 4 cloves chopped garlic
- 1 cup boiling water
To make the brining liquid
- 6 litres water
- Zest and juice of 2 whole oranges
- 1 chopped onion
- Few sprigs fresh thyme if you have them
- ¾ cup sugar, Here you can experiment with flavours by using equal amounts of other sugars like honey, maple, molasses or brown sugar.
- ½ cup kosher salt
- Steeped herbs, above
You will also need ( to put in the cavity of the chicken)
- 1 small orange
- About 6 sprigs fresh thyme
- 4 peeled cloves garlic
- several slices fresh ginger
Instructions
For the steeped herbs & spices (They go in the brining liquid)
In a small bowl combine the peppercorns, thyme, star anise, cloves, ginger, garlic and boiling water.
Set aside to steep for a few minutes while you prepare the rest of the brining liquid.
To make the brine
In a very large bowl or small food grade plastic bucket,combine the water with the steeped herbs, oranges and zest, onion, thyme, sugar and salt.
Stir until the sugar and salt are dissolved, then submerge the chicken/s entirely in the brining liquid. Cover and refrigerate for several hours or preferably overnight.
Pull the chicken from the brine and pat the skin dry with paper towels. Rub the entire surface of the chicken with 2 tbsp olive oil.
Season the skin with salt and pepper and some chopped fresh thyme.
Boil 1 small orange for about 10 minutes.
Stab the orange about a dozen times with a fork and stuff it into the cavity of the bird along with the fresh thyme, garlic and ginger.
Roast uncovered on a rack in a preheated 375 degree F oven until a meat thermometer reaches 185 degrees when inserted into the thickest part of the breast meat ( approximate 1 ½ hours or longer depending on the actual weight of the chicken)
Notes
The brining liquid in this recipe is sufficient for 2 chickens or a turkey. If you are only cooking one chicken you can half the amounts included in the recipe for the bringing liquid.
Nutrition Information
Yield
1Serving Size
Amount Per Serving Unsaturated Fat 0g
Stephen Eli Harris
Sunday 27th of September 2009
My blog updating was non existent pretty much during the summer as well. I know what's it's like. Glad you see ya back at it though.
As a reminder (cuz I noticed your blog is kinda in the middle of the list), be sure to ping your blog using blogrolling ping page (http://blogrolling.com/ping.php) whenever you update. It'll bump your blog to the top.
Best wishes!
Barry C. Parsons
Sunday 27th of September 2009
Thanks Stephen, I appreciate that. I'm slowly getting back at it after a very very busy summer. Lot's of ideas in the hopper yet! ;)
Stephen Eli Harris
Sunday 27th of September 2009
Hey Barry. Just wanted to let you know that your delicious blog here has been selected as the Blog of the Week on the NL Blogroll this week. Hope it helps bring some more visitors to look at all these tasty treats!
Have a great day.