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Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients:
1 (3 to 4 pound) chicken
2 medium oranges, peeled and sliced (reserve the
rinds)
Salt
Pepper
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger root
1/2 teaspoon allspice, ground
1 tablespoon brown sugar
Arrowroot
Directions:
Presoak pot, top and bottom, in water for
fifteen minutes.
Wash chicken, inside and out, under running
cold water. Rub inside of chicken with salt,
pepper and pressed garlic. Stuff with orange
slices, peeled.
Place chicken in pot, breast down. Grate the
orange rind and sprinkle over chicken. Add
orange juice, soy sauce, ginger, allspice and
brown sugar.
Place covered pot in cold oven. Turn
temperature to 480 degrees F. Cook 90 minutes.
Ten minutes before done, remove from oven,
pour liquid into saucepan. Return the pot,
uncovered, to oven for final 10 minutes to
brown the chicken. Meanwhile, bring sauce to a
boil and thicken with arrowroot. You may want
to add a bit of brown sugar to the sauce, to
taste.
More delicious Chinese recipes are available in Nicholas Zhou's cookbook
"Real & Healthy
Chinese Cooking".
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