Israeli sweet and spiced chicken

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 teaspoons Vegetable oil
3 pounds Whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces, skinned
2 cups Thinly sliced onions
1 cup Orange juice (no sugar added)
2 tablespoons Honey
1 teaspoon Each salt and paprika
½ teaspoon Each ground ginger and ground nutmeg
8 larges Pitted black olives, sliced or whole
1 tablespoon Water
2 teaspoons Cornstarch
2 smalls Oranges, peeled and sectioned (OR 1 cup
Canned mandarin orange sections

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F. In 10-inch nonstick skillet heat oil; in batches, brown chicken pieces on all sides. Spread onion slices over bottom of shallow 3-quart casserole; top onions with chicken pieces.

Combine orange juice, honey and seasonings in bowl; pour mixture evenly over chicken and top chicken with olives. Cover casserole and bake until chicken is tender, about 45 minutes. Transfer chicken and olives to serving platter and keep warm. Scrape onions and pan juices into 1-quart saucepan and bring to a boil. Combine water and cornstarch in small cup, stirring to dissolve cornstarch; stir into onion mixture. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens; pour sauce over chicken. Serve garnished with orange sections.

Makes 4 servings.

[WEIGHT WATCHERS NEW INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK] Posted by Fred Peters.

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