Nutmeg Orange Chicken Recipe

Course Main Course

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 5

Servings

Calories 593kcal

Author Bintu Hardy

Ingredients

6 tbsp smooth orange juice
3 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves minced
2 tsp ground nutmeg
0.5 tsp ground all spice
A pinch of ground cloves
Salt
Whole cloves to stud optional
2 kg whole roasting chicken

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Instructions

Pre-heat the oven to fan-assisted 190C / 210C / 425F / gas 7.
Mix the orange juice, olive oil, garlic, nutmeg, allspice, ground cloves and salt together.
Place the chicken in a roasting try and smear the marinade both outside and inside the chicken.
Roast in the hot oven for 20 mins.
Then reduce the temperature to fan-assisted 160C / 180C / 350F / gas 4, baste the chicken and roast for a further 35-40 mins or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 74C (165 F) on a thermometer and the juice run clear.
Switch off the oven leaving the door open and let the chicken rest for 15-20 mins before carving.

Notes

Cover it with foil for most of the cooking time. This keeps it moist. If you brown your chicken first – that's done without foil and you add the foil when you turn your oven on.

Weight Watchers Points in Nutmeg Orange Chicken

If eaten with skin removed, there is just 1 Freestyle SmartPoints in a serving of this Nutmeg Orange Chicken.

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