Garlic-Butter Rubbed Chicken with Roasted Oranges and Onions
I saw this Martha Stewart recipe online and decided it would be perfect for dinner. I have a busy afternoon and I am happy the chicken cooks at high heat with little fuss. I can’t even explain how amazing my house smelled while the chicken, onions, and oranges all roasted together! The chicken skin was crisp on the outside and the meat was tender, juicy, and so flavorful. I am looking forward to the leftover for lunch tomorrow. I paired this garlic-butter rubbed chicken with roasted oranges and onions with roasted acorn squash and roasted Parmesan asparagus.
How to Make a Garlic-Butter Rubbed Chicken with Roasted Oranges and Onions
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Coat a roasting sheet and rack with olive oil cooking spray.
Season the backside of the bird well with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste. Place the bird, breast side up, on a roasting rack in a roasting pan.
Mix the butter, zest from 1 orange, 1 minced garlic clove, and chopped thyme until well combined.
Gently separate the skin from the breast of the chicken, and rub some of the butter mixture under the skin on each side. Rub a bit more butter on top of the chicken skin, wings, and legs. Season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
Fill the cavity with 2 orange wedges, 1 onion wedge, one garlic clove, and the thyme sprigs. Tie legs together with kitchen twine. Scatter remaining oranges and onions around the chicken. Dot oranges and onions with a touch of the remaining butter mixture.
Roast for 30 minutes. Brush chicken with the remaining butter mixture. Flip oranges and onions. Rotate sheet, and roast for 15-20 minutes more. Remove oranges and onions if caramelized. Roast chicken until juices run clear and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh reaches 165 degrees, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let the chicken rest for 10 minutes before slicing and serving with the roasted onions and oranges on the side. Enjoy.
Delicious!! Roast chicken, i do all the time with lemon. So i love the idea with oranges!
Kisses
This chicken looks wonderful! Isn’t it a great idea to pop herbs and butter slathers in between the breast meat and the skin ?!? Makes for such a succulent bird! Excellent post, Pam!
Great looking bird Pam and I’m sure it was very good especially with the compound butter under the skin.
this reminds me that i need to put my roasting pan to use more often! i love the citrus aspect of this. 🙂
So pretty! I love that flavor combo…
I’ve tried butter/garlic/rosemary, but your oranges sound amazing!
Indeed, roasting chicken makes the house smell wonderful Have to try your recipe with the oranges – looks so good.
It looks scrummy Pam. When oranges are in season I shall give this a go
I must try this with orange next time. It looks really super, Pam.