Clean Diet Sweet and Sour Chicken

Serving Size: 8

This recipe is courtesy of nutritionist Karin Adoni, and comes from her cookbook Clean Diet by Karin Adoni Company. It's a Mediterranean take on a Chinese dish, that combines sweet and spicy flavors with chicken, that slow roasts in the oven for delicious caramelization.

Recipe by: Karin Adoni Ben-David

Cook Times

Active Prep10

Hands-On Cook0

Hands-Off Cook60

Passive10

Total Time1 20

Recipe Serving Size8

Cooking Tools Required

9x13 inch glass baking dish, Cutting board, Mixing bowls, Sharp Knives

Ingredients

1½ pound bone-in skin-on chicken thigh about 8 chicken thighs
5 clove garlic crushed
2 tablespoon avocado oil
1 teaspoon paprika more or less to taste
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper more or less to taste
1½ teaspoon Kosher salt more or less to taste
2 teaspoon honey
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 orange juiced
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper more or less to taste
1 orange sliced
1 red onion large, cut lengthwise into wide strips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix all the ingredients, except for the chicken in a large bowl. Add the chicken and turn to coat. Allow to marinate for 10 minutes.
Place the chicken in a large baking dish, arranging the red onion and garlic around it, and placing the orange slices on top of the chicken pieces.
Cover with foil and bake for one hour. Uncover and bake for an additional 15 minutes.

Reheating Instructions

Heat in a medium sauté pan over medium heat, or microwave on medium power, until heated through.

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