These Orange Rosemary Roasted Chicken Thighs are roasted in a flavorful citrus and herb marinade that turns into a wonderful glaze..
What I l♥ve about the Christmas season? It’s BUSY! There are tons of parties, relatives are coming home from abroad, there’s a lot of fetching from airports, lots of lunches, lots of dinners, lots of coffees. There’s lots of work, laundry, and food — makes it so hard to lose weight…*sniff*. There are a gazillion of birthdays (including mine)!
What I don’t like about it? It’s BUUUSSY! Schedule is hectic and you really have to plan around. I haven’t done my Christmas shopping! Traffic is horrendous. That 30 minute ride to the mall now takes 2 hours. There’s lots of work, laundry, and food — makes it so hard to lose weight…*sniff*.
I’m not a grinch, of course, and I am enjoying — basking, even — in the busiest, most wonderful time of the year.
We haven’t been home much and had been eating out a lot lately with family. When we are home though, we feel like there’s a mountain of chores all ready to attack us. So what we do is cook food which you can leave in the stove so we can multitask. This Orange Rosemary Roasted Chicken Thighs is one of those recipes which allow you to do some other things while cooking and yet give you something flavorsome to eat later.
I have done a version of this way back in 2009 (click: Orange Rosemary Roasted Chicken) but I like using chicken thighs now because the meat doesn’t become too dry even if you over cook it.
Orange and rosemary is still one of my favorite flavor combinations and it is so good with chicken!
It’s fifteen days to go until Christmas. I hope you’re at least half done with your Christmas shopping. We might be dropping by the mall today to finish ours.
- 6 pieces Chicken Thighs
- 2 oranges
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp dried rosemary or fresh rosemary sprigs
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sugar
- salt and pepper
- Combine olive oil, rosemary, minced garlic, soy sauce, 2 tbsp sugar, salt and pepper and the juice of one orange. Mix well.
- Marinate chicken pieces in the mixture for half a day or overnight.
- Roast chicken in an oven at 220ºC for 20 minutes. Then reduce temperature to 190ºC and continue roasting for 15 - 20 more minutes or until chicken is brown.
- Baste chicken with leftover marinade from time to time.
- Add orange slices and continue baking for 5 minutes until the fruit caramelizes.
- Serve with brown rice.
sooo this is what happened to my oranges? LOL
I love chicken and oranges din eh.. gustong gusto ko ung Chicken orange ng chowking before. subukan ko nga ito pag nakabili ulit kame ng oranges
Ito nga ang nagyari sa orange mo. Pero second attempt na ito. heehehe.. try mo, masarap.
It looks mouthwatering, Peach. Great job creating such a great recipe.
Thanks Angie!
I wanna try rosemary ,it fits to all ,that is mouth watering ❤️
This recipe sounds absolutely delicious and your photography is outstanding! Thank you for sharing, Peachy!
Oh wow! Thanks for the compliment Nicole.
mommy pwede ba ito sa microwave oven lang?if yes for how long kaya?
I don’t think pwede ito sa microwave, mas pwede ito sa oven toaster. Ilagay mo lang sa small na lalagyan.
Yum, it looks so rustic and homey. I’ve never combined rosemary and oranges together but I want to so much now!
Thanks Megan!
I love to cook like this one with chicken, pork or beef meats. Instead of oven-cooking, grilled chicken is the best for this recipe. Well, for different style of cooking, Also, I’ll try this with milkfish.
Thanks Fernando!
I love roasted chicken. I also love recipes that allow me to do other things while cooking. This recipe looks promising. I want to try it.
I’m sure you’ll love it.
I really regret not having an oven 🙁 Anyway, nagutom ako bigla sa post na ‘to, hahahaha! Keeping this recipe in mind para i-push ko na talaga ang pagbili ng oven, hahahaha,
Push na talaga ang pagbili ng oven!
This looks like a delicious meal to make! I love the idea of orange rosemary roasted chicken thighs, as I am never quite sure how to cook up chicken thighs!
Chicken Thighs are very juicy.
Thanks for sharing this recipe. This sounds like a new and interesting way for us to prepare chicken thighs. I am looking forward to trying it out.
I’m sure you’ll like it
This makes me wanna go home and make one! I am craving right now! Thanks for sharing everything about this dish! Perfect for every occasion 🙂
you’re welcome Pia!
How festive is this recipe! I love rosemary on chicken and if you add citrus like orange, that will definitely make the flavor even more lovely! Thanks for this super yummy recipe! I’d love to keep it.
You’re welcome!
Your food photos are awesome. I would love to try this recipe if I can remember buying rosemary. I’ll tell you about it once I have tried it. Thanks for the recipe.
you’re welcome. I’m sure you’ll like it.
I have never tasted chicken made with oranges or had orange flavour but it looks delicious and making me salivate
Thanks Anosa!
This looks like a really delicious meal. It looks so rich in taste and flavor.
Thanks Franc!
I bet this recipe was delicious and my wife should know about this recipe so she can cook this with us. Glad you share this
Thanks Parpar!
Omg. Absolutely looks yummy I need to try this for our dinner. So glad you share this recipe
you’re welcome!
your picture makes me hungry it really increases my desire to eat, he he he
Thanks Ria!
I’ll try this nga, less soy sauce kasi bawal kay Ren. Ano kaya lasa? haha
sarap pa din!
Looks really good. I love orange chicken. I’m just curious of the taste mixed with Rosemary.????
Rosemary and Orange is one of those really good flavor combination!
Mouthwatering dish! It really looks delicious and juicy. Sarap!
Thanks mark!
Wow! This looks super good. I’m just beginning to appreciate food with oranges. The citrus flavor is a great oomph to the dish.
true!
what a great recepie. I am doing Ramadan so always looks for healthy recepies for iftar.thank u for sharing
you’re welcome.
Oh wow, looks so yummy! Saved it for future cooking. Thanks for giving me another chicken dish! Looks easy to do too! : )
you’re welcome Monica.
I haven’t tried using oranges in any recipe, mas gusto ko kasi siya inumin. hehehe!
try it sometime.
I once tried this but with lemons. I think this version is tastier for kids because oranges are sweeter.
True!
Oh my LArd! now am hungry! I too have done this with lemons but i agree that the kids might like oranges better, I hope to be able to try this recipe in the near future! thanks for sharing
You’re welcome!
I love this recipe! I used to eat an orange chicken meal in a fast food before until it’s gone in their menu.
Thanks Nicole!
You are so thoughtful to share this recipe, I love chicken dishes and I think this one looks really appetizing.
Thanks Nicole!
Will surely try this. We have some oranges supposedly for my baby but i will just use them for our chicken. I know my son would understand. Ihihi
I’m sure he will!
Why does this post make me hungry? I’d like to try your recipe, it looks delicious. Nice plating.
Thanks!
I haven’t tried a recipe with oranges on it. We just consume our orange as is or ass juice, I will give this a try.
Hope you like it.
We usually put rosemary and thyme on our roasted chicken. Never thought of adding oranges. That looks delish. Will try making this soon. 🙂
you’ll love this.
Nakakainis, saktong sakto sya ngayon na gutom ako! hahaa. I need to run downstairs and grab something to eat. Ang sarap naman nito!
Thanks Nilyn!
Hey, chicken recipe. Thanks for the idea. Saving the recipe so I can make it next month for a dinner party with friends. 🙂
Thanks Liz!
Chicken and orange? Good combination in my opinion tried a similar recipe and the sweet tangy taste of oranges made it unique. Will try this recipe thos weekend!
Hope you like it.
Oh wow that looks so appetising! Love love love this recipe. Your photos are always on point, too!
Thank you Maan!
I love roasted chickens! Even the simplest ones with just spices. I think I can pull this one off! Another addition to my to-do-recipes!
I think you can really do this. It’s so easy but so so delicious!
Ooh, I seem to have seen this version from a magazine recently. Reading it here again is like reminding me to make it already. Okay, okay, I get the message! Hahaha
Time to make it this weekend.
I am not fond of cooking, just started when I got married last 2014. Thank you for sharing your recipe mommy.
you’re welcome Angel.
Yum! Another delicious chicken recipe that I would love to try this weekend. I love orange and rosemary with chicken, best pairings ever. Thanks for the recipe Sis:)
you’re welcome!
Looks great! I used rosemary in chicken but haven’t tried incorporating ornage in it.
you better try it mommy rose!
Now this is something worth to try. I haven’t tried cooking any dish that involves using orange fruit. I hope it won’t be a mess on my end if ever I give it a try. It really looks delish!
Thanks Zwitsy. I do hope you give it a try.
This recipe looks amazing because of its easy way to oven-ccoked and the ctunchiness it gives. The lemon and rosemary adds the flavor altogether. Chicke is a versatile meat and it can give the flavor all along.
Thanks fernando!
What a healthy alternative to fried chicken and it looks easy to cook. I haven’t tried this kind of marinade for cooking chicken. I think it’s a must try.
It is and you have got to try it.
We love the chicken with orange in one of the Chinese restaurant, your recipe sounds good
You have to try it!
I love rosemary! I remember my father using it to one of his chicken dish recipe, and it really is good! I better look for a rosemary plant so we could always have it around, and so we could try your recipe. ^_^
Rosemary does wonders to chicken!
Wow! I love all the pictures and that makes me hungry! Seems like it is so easy to prepare.
It is very easy to prepare.
Drooling now. I can smell the citrus-y and herb-y chicken. Thank you for sharing the recipe. 🙂
you’re welcome Edel.
Got to try this recipe even if it’s not Christmas. I’m sure this will be a hit with my family.
I’m sure it will be! ang sarap, super!
As usual, photo palang masarap na. Will include this in our weekly menu, pang weekend siguro kasi special 🙂
Great idea mommy maye!
yikes… that dish makes me drool…thanks for sharin this mouthwatering recipe.. and now I am craving in the middle of the night haha
Thanks for sharing recipe momshie