Currant Orange Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
| Currant jelly | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 1/4 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed | ||
| Cornstarch | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Dry mustard | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Dash bottled hot pepper sauce | ||
| All purpose flour | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Salt | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Fryer chicken | 3 Pound | |
| Celery | 1 Cup (16 tbs), chopped | |
| Onion | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs), chopped | |
| Butter/Margarine | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed | ||
| Salt | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| 1 1/3 cups packaged precooked rice | ||
Directions
In a saucepan, combine jelly, 1/4 cup orange juice concentrate, and 1/3 cup water; cook and stir till smooth.
Blend cornstarch, dry-mustard, and bottled hot pepper sauce with 1 tablespoon cold water; stir into jelly mixture; cook and stir till mixture thickens; set aside.
Combine flour and 1 teaspoon salt in paper bag.
Add 2 or 3 pieces of chicken at a time; shake to coat.
Brown in hot fat over medium heat, turning occasionally.
Drain excess fat: add the currant-orange sauce.
Cover; simmer over very low heat 45 minutes or till tender; baste occasionally with sauce.
Serve with Orange Rice: Cook celery and onion in butter till tender.
Add 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate, 1 1/4 cups water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt: bring to boil.
Add rice; continue cooking as directed on package.
Blend cornstarch, dry-mustard, and bottled hot pepper sauce with 1 tablespoon cold water; stir into jelly mixture; cook and stir till mixture thickens; set aside.
Combine flour and 1 teaspoon salt in paper bag.
Add 2 or 3 pieces of chicken at a time; shake to coat.
Brown in hot fat over medium heat, turning occasionally.
Drain excess fat: add the currant-orange sauce.
Cover; simmer over very low heat 45 minutes or till tender; baste occasionally with sauce.
Serve with Orange Rice: Cook celery and onion in butter till tender.
Add 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate, 1 1/4 cups water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt: bring to boil.
Add rice; continue cooking as directed on package.
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