If you need to prepare a delicious dish for a dinner or holiday table, then you should pay attention to chicken.
After all, it is an affordable product that can be easily prepared.
The dish can easily be made more aromatic, juicy and tasty if you know a few culinary subtleties.
How to cook chicken in the oven
First of all, you need to prepare all the ingredients correctly.
- chicken legs - 2 pcs.;
- oranges - 3 pcs.;
- lemon - 1 pc.;
- soy sauce - 2 tbsp;
- liquid honey - 1.5 tbsp.
You also need to prepare the spices. For this amount of chicken, it is enough to take half a teaspoon of dried garlic, ground ginger and black pepper.
The further preparation process is quite simple. First, you need to squeeze the juice from the orange and lemon. It is advisable to remove the zest with a fine grater.
Just 2 teaspoons are enough to give the treat a bright aroma.
Then all these ingredients need to be combined with honey, spices and soy sauce.
The marinade needs to be brought to a boil over medium heat. Once it cools down, it needs to be poured over the chicken.
The mass should be evenly distributed over the product and left in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
It should be taken out half an hour before cooking.
It is better to cover the baking sheet with parchment paper, and also place orange slices on it.
Bake the chicken for no more than an hour in a preheated oven (180 degrees).
During the cooking process, the product should be turned over several times.
