Roasted Orange Rosemary Honey Glazed Chicken Recipe

Roasted Orange Rosemary Honey Glazed Chicken Recipe

  • 8 large chicken legs
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 cup honey
  • 1 cup orange juice with pulp
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 7 sprigs fresh rosemary, finely chopped
  • 2 oranges, zested
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced (optional)
  • ground black pepper to taste
  1. Sprinkle chicken with salt and place in a large glass or plastic bowl.
  2. Whisk together honey, orange juice, butter, rosemary, orange zest, and garlic. Pour orange mixture over chicken; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
  3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  4. Place chicken legs in a single layer in a roasting pan; pour orange mixture over chicken.
  5. Roast for 30 minutes in the preheated oven; reduce temperature to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Baste chicken with pan juices every 20 minutes until chicken is a deep orange brown color, no longer pink at the bone, and juices run clear, about 90 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
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