Sunshine Chicken

Sunshine Chicken

Sunshine Chicken

 

3 pounds chicken thighs

½ tsp. salt

¼ tsp. ground pepper

½ tsp. dried tarragon

1/2 C. orange juice

1 navel orange, peeled, sectioned

2 T. brandy

2 tsp. cider vinegar

1 tsp. grated orange peel

5 tsp. cornstarch

2 tsp. sugar or honey

1/2 seedless grapefruit, peeled, sectioned

1 C. chicken broth (from the last chicken you cooked)

 

Preheat to 350 deg. Arrange chicken skin up in 12x8x2″ baking dish. Season w/salt and pepper. Bake for 45 min.  In pan, mix cornstarch and sugar. Stir in broth, o.j., brandy, vinegar, peels and tarragon. Cook, stirring over med. heat until sauce boils and thickens, about 3 min. Stir in orange, grapefruit sections.  Spoon sauce and fruit over chicken. Return to oven for 15 min. longer, until chicken is “fork tender”.

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