Orange Pine Nut Chicken Breasts Recipes

ORANGE-PINE NUT CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• TO MAKE THE MARINADE: In a medium bowl whisk together the marinade ingredients. Rinse the chicken breasts under cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Place in a large, resealable plastic bag and pour in the marinade. Press the air out of the bag and seal tightly. Turn the bag to distribute the marinade, place in a bowl, and refrigerate for about 1 hour, turning once. Remove the chicken breasts from the bag, reserving the marinade. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels and brush or spray both sides of the breasts with olive oil. Grill over Direct Medium heat until firm and the juices run clear, 8 to 12 minutes, turning once halfway through grilling time. MEANWHILE, PREPARE THE SAUCE: In a small sauté pan combine the reserved marinade, honey, and toasted pine nuts. Bring to a boil and boil for 1 full minute. Spoon the sauce over the grilled chicken. Serve warm.From Weber's Big Book of Grilling. Copyright © 2001 Weber-Stephen Products Co. All rights reserved. First published by Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco, California.

PINEAPPLE ORANGE CHICKEN /W RICE

Steps:

• Pre-Cook the rice, any method you like.
• Preheat oven to 350 deg.
• In a 3 Qt Dutch oven or other oven safe pan with cover.
• Heat the olive oil add the garlic and ginger Sauté until garlic just starts to turn brown.
• Add Chicken and Sauté until partially cooked.
• Add Pineapple/w juice, Orange and zest, mix.
• Add cooked Rice and mix well again.
• Add wine and lime, mix.
• Cover and place in oven for 20 minute.
• If too much liquid take cover off, finished dish should be very moist with only a little liquid in bottom of pan.

ORANGE PINE NUT CHICKEN (OAMC)

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except chicken together in a medium bowl.
• Place chicken breasts in a freezer bag, and pour marinade over chicken.
• Freeze.
• Serving Day:.
• Thaw completely in refrigerator (about 24 hrs).
• Remove chicken from freezer bag, reserving marinade.
• Grill chicken over medium heat, until chicken is tender and no longer pink.
• While chicken is grilling, toast pine nuts on a cookie sheet in 350 degree oven for about 15 minutes, until lightly browned.
• In a small saucepan, combine the reserved marinade and 1 T honey. Bring to a full boil and continue boiling or 2 minutes.
• Place grilled chicken on serving platter and pour sauce over chicken. Top with toasted pine nuts to serve.

ORANGE PICCATA CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut each breast in half lengthwise. Cover with plastic wrap and pound to 1/4" thickenss. Remove plastic and season with salt and pepper.
• Dredge chicken in flour. Saute cutlets in oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat for 4-5 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from pan and keep warm.
• Deglaze pan with juice, wine, and mustard. Simmer until reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low.
• Whisk in butter until melted. Add orange slices (if using) and return chicken cutlets to pan to heat through.
• Garnish with almonds and parsley and serve.

ORANGE-SAUCED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Put breasts in baking dish & LIGHTLY sprinkle with red pepper. Cover & bake for 25 minutes.
• Remove peel from the orange & slice half of the peel into julienne strips, setting them aside & discarding the rest of the peel.
• Put julienne strips of peel in a saucepan with enough water to cover, & bring to boil. Simmer 15 minutes, then drain well & set aside.
• Section the orange & set them aside for garnish.
• Cook rice according to package, but omit any required salt.
• Add parsley & basil, mixing well.
• For the sauce, stir together the flour & sugar in a saucepan, then stir in the juice, cooking & stirring until thickened & bubbly. Remove from heat & add reserved orange peel, bitters & curacao.
• Slicing across the grain at a 45 degree angle, cut the breasts into slices 2" wide. Reassemble each breast & return to baking dish.
• Spoon sauce over the breasts & return to oven, & bake, uncovered, 10 minutes until heated through.
• Arrange breasts on the hot cooked rice & spoon the sauce over them. Garnish with reserved orange sections & several sprigs of parsley.