Herb and orange baked chicken

Original Blog post: https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2017/11/herb-and-orange-baked-chicken.html

Ingredients

12 to 15 Chicken drumsticks

1 ½ teaspoon Salt

1 tablespoon onion powder

½ teaspoon sugar

½ teaspoon Black pepper

For the marinade

¼ tablespoon Oil

2 tablespoon fresh Rosemary

2 leaves French thyme

3 stalks Scallion

1 Garlic clove

1 tablespoon Orange zest

½ small onion

1 tablespoon allspice berries

For the sauce

Pan drippings

1 cup fresh squeezed orange juice

¼ cup maple syrup

2 tablespoon brown sugar

1 tablespoon rosemary

Instructions

• Season the clean chicken drumsticks with salt, onion powder, sugar and black pepper making sure to coat well
• In a blender combine all the ingredients for the marinade
• Pour the green mixture over the chicken and make sure to coat it all thoroughly ang pushing some marinade under the skin
• Allow the chicken to sit in the marinade for at least 30 minutes up to overnight in the refrigerator
• Before the chicken goes in the oven allow it to rest outside the refrigerator for 10 to 15 minutes just so it’s not freezing cold going into the oven
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
• Place the chicken on a lined baking sheet and cook in the oven uncovered for 15 minutes
• Turn unto the other side and cook for another 15 minutes
• The chicken should be browning nicely, and the tray should have drippings
• Remove the chicken from the oven, and pour off the drippings into a pan and place the chicken back in the oven for another 10 minutes
• While the chicken is in the oven bring to boil the pan drippings, orange juice, maple syrup and rosemary, reduce to a light glaze
• Once the glaze is reduced pour it back over the chicken and allow the sauce to caramelize on the skin for another 5 minutes
• Serve