Orange-Glazed Chicken

Name: Orange-Glazed Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons, grated zest plus 1/2 cup juice from 3 to 4 oranges; 2 tablespoons, sugar; 1 teaspoon, cornstarch; 1/8 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 1/4 cup, salt; 1 quart, water; 4 , bone-in, skin-on split chicken breasts (about 3 pounds), ribs removed and halved crosswise; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2011

Main Courses

Chicken

It may seem like the perfect weeknight dinner, but getting nicely rendered skin and plenty of orange flavor can take a little doing.

SERVES4

TIME50 minutes, plus 30 minutes brining

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Borrowing a technique from previous test kitchen recipes, we weighed down the breasts for our Orange-Glazed Chicken with a Dutch oven as they cooked. The weight pressed out the fat and allowed the skin to crisp up nicely. After our initial ...

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