Israeli Orange Chicken

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (5 lb) roasting chickens
• 2 oranges
• 1 large onion, cut in large slices
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons gingerroot, freshly grated
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/2 cup wine
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 rinse and dry chicken. sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 2 insert one whole orange in the chicken. place in roasting pan, breast side down, and surround it with onion slices.
• 3 mix juice with ginger and pour over chicken. roast uncovered at 350 degree f for 1/2 an hour.
• 4 remove chicken from the oven, turn over, and smear with honey. surround the chicken with second orange slices and return to oven.
• 5 after five minute, baste with wine and orange juice. if browning occurs to quickly, cover with foil.
• 6 baste again after 1/2 hour, continue cooking until drumsticks are removed easily, about 1 more hour.
• 7 remove the orange from the chicken, and slice it. garnish with herbs as per taste. (this is unclear to me, but it may refer to salt and pepper).