Recipe - Roast Orange Chicken In Clay Pot

1/3 cup Brown sugar
1 teaspoon Grated orange peel
1 cup Orange juice
Dash of hot pepper sauce
1 Whole chicken, about 3 lbs.
1 tablespoon Butter or margarine,
softened
2 Orange slices, 1/2'd
1 tablespoon Cornstarch dissolved in 2
tbsp. water

1. Soak top & bottom of a 2 qt. clay pot in water about 15 mintues. Drain.

2. In a small bowl combine brown sugar, orange peel, orange juice & hot
sauce.

3. Rinse & dry the chicken; remove excess fat around the cavity. Rub w/
butter & place inside pot. Pour sauce over all. Secure orange slices on top
of chicken w/ wooden toothpicks.

4. Cover & place cooker in the middle of a cold oven. Turn the oven on to
475 & bake 1 hour. Remove the lid & bake uncovered for 10 minutes to brown
the skin lightly.

5. Remove chicken to a heated platter. Place sauce in a small saucepan &
heat over mediumhigh heat. Add dissolved cornstarch to liquid & cook,
stirring constantly until sauce thickens & bubbles. Serve w/ chicken.
Posted to MMRecipes Digest by q591b4@ilos.net on Mar 16, 1998