Recipe: Baked Chicken with Orange

Recipes using McCormick Black Pepper, Table Grind

Price Each: $25.77USD

Quantity 

1 whole chicken
juice of 1 orange (about 1/2 cup)
1/3 cup butter or margarine
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

1. Place chicken, breast side up, on rack in medium shallow baking pan.
2. Pour orange juice over chicken and inside the cavity.
3. Brush margarine over chicken.
4. Sprinkle thoroughly inside cavity and outside skin with salt, paprika, pepper and nutmeg.
5. Bake uncovered for 15 mins.
6. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake about 1 1/2 hrs, or until tender and brown, basting several times with pan drippings.
7. For the last 30 mins of baking, turn breast down.

Note: If necessary, cover lightly with foil to prevent excessive browning during cooking.

Serve with rice or orange flavored rice.