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orange-honey oven fried chicken thighs

clownman70360 avatar
Recipe by
raymond spencer
@clownman70360
st bernard, LA

This new oven fried chicken recipe tastes like orange chicken with honey. So, I decided to combine it with an orange chicken recipe. This is so delicious. I use chicken thighs, and it's so good with lo mein noodles or fried rice.

yield 4 serving(s)
prep time 5 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For orange-honey oven fried chicken thighs

  • 2 c
    orange juice with extra pulp
  • 1 c
    honey
  • 2 tsp
    dark brown sugar
  • 1 tsp
    onion powder
  • 2 tsp
    grated orange zest
  • 8 lg
    chicken thighs with skin-on
  • 1 1/4 c
    all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp
    ground black pepper
  • 1
    packet dry onion soup mix
  • 1 3/4 c
    panko bread crumbs
  • 2 c
    crushed saltine crackers

How To Make orange-honey oven fried chicken thighs

  • 1
    In a large bowl, combine the orange juice, honey, brown sugar, onion powder and orange zest; whisk together until blended.
  • 2
    Add the chicken thighs and mix well. Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight.
  • 3
    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • 4
    Coat a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
  • 5
    In a shallow dish, combine the flour, black pepper, and dry onion soup mix
  • 6
    In a another shallow dish, combine the breadcrumbs and crushed saltine crackers.
  • 7
    Take the chicken thighs out of the orange juice-honey mixture and place them into the flour mixture.
  • 8
    Dredge into the bread crumb mixture.
  • 9
    Place them on a greased baking dish. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.
  • 10
    Then turn the pieces over and bake for another 30 minutes.
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