Chicken a l'Orange

I watched the Next Food Network Star this past season and was very excited when "the Homemaker" won it. I was quite bothered by the housewife comments throughout the series like some of the best cooks come anywhere but out of the home. Watching her new show I thought this recipe sounded good and very easy. I had boneless, skinless chicken breasts in my freezer which made it a little different to begin with but I liked the recipe. I even made the potatoes that she made, I like them but would serve them with a different type of meal.

Crispy-Skinned Chicken a l'Orange
Recipe courtesy Melissa d'Arabian
Serves:
4 servings

Ingredients
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 skin-on bone-in chicken breast halves
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 cup frozen orange juice concentrate
4 tablespoons honey
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Liberally salt and pepper the chicken breast halves. Heat the oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat and sear the chicken, skin side only, until brown and beginning to crisp, about 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the orange glaze: In a small saucepan, heat the orange juice concentrate, honey, and salt and pepper, to taste, over medium heat, and boil for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Turn the chicken over and brush each piece with the glaze. Turn the chicken skin side up and transfer the pan to the oven. Bake until the internal temperature reaches 160 to 170 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer, brushing on more glaze halfway through, about 15 minutes in total. Let the chicken rest for 10 minutes on a cutting board. Remove the chicken breast from the bone and slice the meat on the bias. Transfer the chicken to a serving platter and serve.

This is how mine looked.

The chicken breasts were pretty big and so we only used half for this meal and we decided that they would be really good cut up and served over rice. Since I keep left over rice frozen to be used for quick and easy meals this was extra easy. We were right it was really good fixed this way and this is the way I will do it in the future. Two great meals from one. There was even enough left to make a frozen meal for my Mother-in-law.