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🍽️ Crispy Chicken in Fragrant Orange Sauce
418 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 2 medium-sized unwaxed oranges
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 chicken breast fillets (skinless, approx. 200 g each)
- heavy cream
- pepper (from a mill)
- 80 ml sherry
- 150 ml poultry broth
- 0.5 bunch fresh mint
Instructions
- 1. Hold the oranges under hot water and scrub them clean.
- 2. Take one orange and peel off only the colored skin thinly.
- 3. Cut the orange peel into very fine, thin strips.
- 4. Squeeze the juice of the whole orange into a bowl.
- 5. Also squeeze the juice from half of a second orange.
- 6. Slice the remaining half orange into thin rounds.
- 7. Put the olive oil in a large pan and heat it.
- 8. Place the chicken breast fillets in the hot pan.
- 9. Fry the meat for about 6 minutes over high heat.
- 10. Turn the fillets once halfway through the cooking time.
- 11. Remove the chicken from the pan and place it on a plate.
- 12. Season the meat with salt and black pepper.
- 13. Set the plate aside to keep the meat warm.
- 14. Pour the cooking fat from the pan into the trash.
- 15. Pour the sherry into the hot pan.
- 16. Loosen the stuck-on browned bits from the pan bottom with a spoon.
- 17. Add the fine orange peel strips to the pan.
- 18. Pour in the prepared orange juice.
- 19. Add the poultry broth to the pan.
- 20. Boil the sauce over high heat.
- 21. Wait until the sauce has reduced to one-third of its original volume.
- 22. Rinse the mint under cold water.
- 23. Shake the mint dry.
- 24. Pick the mint leaves off the stems.
- 25. Set aside about 10 nice mint leaves for decoration.
- 26. Finely chop the remaining mint leaves.
- 27. Stir the chopped mint into the sauce.
- 28. Season the sauce finally with salt and pepper.
- 29. Place the chicken breast fillets back into the sauce.
- 30. Cover the pan with a lid.
- 31. Let the chicken simmer gently for about 10 minutes.
- 32. Place the chicken breast fillets on a serving plate.
- 33. Pour the warm sauce over the meat.
- 34. Garnish the dish with the reserved mint leaves.
- 35. Place the orange slices on top as decoration.
- 36. Serve the chicken together with saffron rice.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 418
- Protein: 51 g · Fett/Fat: 16 g · Carbs: 10 g