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Julie Bove[_2_]

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 2/26/2019 5:58 PM, wrote:
>> On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 2:08:39 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> Back in the days when I used to eat oranges we used to do this oven
>>> fried orange chicken dish frequently. This week we happened to have
>>> some oranges in the house and, having recently cleaned out the old
>>> fridge we had some frozen orange juice. My wife asked me to do this one
>>> for her.
>>>
>>> Preheat the oven to 425 (good time to throw in a potato to bake because
>>> they go well with it.
>>>
>>> Cut chicken into serving size pieces.... drumsticks, thighs, breasts,
>>> wings. Toss the wings in seasoned flour.
>>>
>>> Mix eggs with orange juice concentrate and mix up some dried bread
>>> crumbs (or Panko) with salt, pepper and orange zest.
>>>
>>> Melt some butter. Smear some of it in the bottom of a baking pan.
>>>
>>> Dip the chicken parts in the egg and orange juice mixture and then into
>>> the crumbs and then lay them skin side down in the buttered pan.
>>>
>>> Bake for 45 minutes, turning them half way through.
>>>
>> It's probably good but does not sound appealing to me.
>>
> Ditto, Joan. I'm not a big fan of oranges so cooking with orange juice
> doesn't appeal to me. I'm glad Dave and his wife liked it.

I do like orange chicken if *I* make it. But I use orange sauce and just a
touch. Too much sauce and... Yuck! Years ago I got lemon chicken at a
Safeway. I loved it. They quit making it. I realized though that it was the
lemon sauce I liked. Not so much the chicken. Have not found a similar
recipe and I'm sure it was some Americanized crap.