Roasted Chicken with Orange and Cinnamon
Orange juice, cinnamon, cloves and star anise are the perfect combination for this tender and mouth-watering roasted chicken.
Ingredients
- 1 kg whole chicken
- 50 g unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- 2 quarters orange
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground star anise
- 2 star anise whole
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tsp salt
- black pepper freshly ground
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- In a small saucepan, mix butter, cinnamon, cloves, salt, orange zest and orange juice until combined.
- Place the chicken on an oven proof dish.
- Use a spoon to gently separate the skin on top of the chicken, making a pocket. Rub ⅔ of the butter mix in the pocket and a little over the chicken.
- Add salt into the cavity and stuff with star anise, bay leaves and the 2 orange quarters.
- Roast for 20 minutes.
- While the chicken is roasting, melt the rest of the butter and mix with maple syrup.
- Remove the chicken from the oven and brush with the melted butter and maple syrup mixture. Turn down the oven temperature to 180°C. Roast for 40-50 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 165°C. Baste the chicken one time.
- Once cooked, remove from the oven, cover with foil and let it rest for 10 minutes.