Orange Chicken

Roasted Chicken with Smokey Orange Sauce

Made: August 11, 2013

Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 8 (5-ounce) skinless chicken breast halves (with bone)
- Salt and ground black pepper
- 1 cup orange marmalade
- 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon liquid smoke

Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 F
- Coat a large roasting pan with cooking spray
- Season chicken all over with salt and black pepper
- Arrange chicken in prepared pan and set aside
- In a small bowl, combine orange marmalade, soy sauce and liquid smoke
- Mix until blended
- Pour mixture over chicken
- Roast 35 minutes, until chicken is cooked through
- Serve 4 chicken breast halves with this meal and refrigerate remaining chicken until ready to use

I used boneless chicken thighs instead of breasts with the bone and I didn't have any liquid smoke; trying to make something with ingredients we already have. I cooked the thighs for 45 minutes instead of 35 to make sure they were cooked all the way through. But they came out nice and juicy and super tender. The sauce wasn't too orangey or bitter, so it was a nice balance.

(recipe used: foodnetwork.com)