3 Delicious Citrus Chicken Recipes
The versatility of chicken in cooking is wide and well known. In fact, it blends in perfectly with almost anything. In this sense, chicken with citrus fruits is a delicious and truly aromatic dish that few can resist.
Today, we offer three citrus chicken recipes. Be sure to try it!
Chicken with citrus fruits
Orange chicken and lemon chicken are familiar recipes that many find difficult to prepare. However, this is not the case. In fact, you can enjoy citrus chicken with little effort, with affordable ingredients you can find in any establishment.
The result is, moreover, a nutritious and delicious dish, with a different touch that, when ready, will fill your kitchen with an irresistible aroma.
So don’t miss our three chicken-based recipes. We chose recipes that use mostly orange and lemon. These, combined with honey or mustard, will give your dish an exquisite flavor that will delight any palate.
Chicken with citrus fruits: chicken with orange and honey
Ingredients
- 4 chicken fillets
- 2 tablespoons of mustard
- 3 tablespoons of honey
- 3 tablespoons of oil
- 1 glass of fresh orange juice
- salt
- chili
Way of preparing
- First, wash the meat thoroughly and preheat the oven to 180º C.
- Later, in a bowl, add the mustard and oil and mix well.
- Then add honey and freshly squeezed orange juice and continue mixing all ingredients.
- Then, in an oven-safe container (best if made of clay), place the chicken and add salt and pepper.
- Then pour the mustard, oil, honey and orange mixture into the chicken.
- Finally, leave it in the oven for about 45 minutes.
Now, just enjoy this tasty and aromatic chicken recipe with citrus fruits! Isn’t it too easy? You can serve this dish decorated with a few slices of orange.
Chicken with potatoes, orange and lemon
Ingredients
- 1 chicken cut into 4 pieces
- 1 pepper
- juice of an orange
- juice of a lemon
- 2 teaspoons of honey
- 2 teaspoons of thyme
- 1 cup of oil
- 2 teaspoons of mustard
- salt
- chili
- Oregano
Way of preparing
- First, preheat the oven to 180º C.
- Meanwhile, cut the potatoes and pepper. Then place them with the chicken on the baking sheet.
- Then, in a bowl, add the rest of the ingredients, ie seasonings, juices and oil, and mix everything together.
- Then , just pour this mixture over the chicken, potatoes and peppers and then mix. We must ensure that the sauce reaches all parts of the chicken.
- Finally add a glass of water and bake for an hour.
Chicken with citrus fruits: chicken with lemon and honey with potatoes
Ingredients
- 6 potatoes
- 1 chicken cut into 6-8 pieces
- 40 grams of honey
- 60 grams of mustard
- zest and two lemon juice
- 3 or 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 cube of chicken broth
- Thyme (preferably fresh)
- Oregano
- Olive oil
- salt
- chili
- Water
Way of preparing
First, let’s prepare the potatoes.
- To do this, peel them, wash them well and cut them into pieces.
- In a skillet, add about 4 tablespoons of oil and fry the potatoes until golden.
- Afterwards, add pepper, salt and thyme.
- Keep stirring everything in the pan until golden.
- Reserve.
Next, let’s prepare the lemon sauce.
- To do this, simply blend all the ingredients (garlic, bouillon cube, oregano, zest and lemon juice, about 50 grams of oil, honey, mustard and 200 ml of water).
- Simply put, beat everything very well and set aside.
- Later, in a baking dish, place the chicken and pour the sauce on top. We should bathe the chicken well so that the sauce gets in all the corners.
- Then add the potatoes to the container, around the chicken.
- Then cover the container with aluminum foil and bake for about half an hour at 200º C (in a preheated oven).
- Finally, bake for another 10/15 minutes, this time without foil.
- Now just enjoy!
