Entrees - Chicken with Sweet Mandarin Oranges

Chicken with Sweet Mandarin Oranges
Courtesy of Cooking with Vanilla, by Mary Wasserman Serves 8


1/3 cup olive oil

1 tsp Bakto Flavors Natural Lemon Extract

Juice of one lemon

1 tsp Bakto Flavors Pure Vanilla Powder

salt and pepper to taste

1 (11 oz) can Mandarin Orange segments, with syrup reserved

½ cup orange marmalade

¾ cup frozen orange juice concentrate

  • Marinate chicken in mixture of olive oil, lemon extract, lemon juice, vanilla powder, salt, and pepper for at least 4 hours (preferably overnight in refrigerator).
  • Remove chicken from marinade, place in roasting pan and bake at 350° for 15 minutes.
  • In a small saucepan, cook reserved syrup from mandarin oranges, marmalade and orange juice concentrate over low heat until marmalade melts, stirring often. Stir in mandarin oranges.
  • Pour over chicken and continue to bake for 20 minutes, basting 2-3 times.

Variations:
  • Substitute can of Bing cherries for mandarin oranges, and red current jelly for marmalade


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