Chinese Five Spice Lacquered Chicken Recipe

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Chinese Five Spice Lacquered Chicken
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Ingredients
16
Count
Nutrition
952
Calories
Total time
80
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Chicken:.
  2. Preheat oven to 425*F.
  3. Stuff the chicken cavity with the scallions, ginger, and orange zest. Set a v or regular rack in a roasting pan and brush with 1 teaspoons of the peanut oil. Whisk the rermaining 1 teaspoons peanut oil with the sesame oil, honey, and soy sauce. Brush the soy mixture over all of the chicken and sprinkle with five spice powder.
  4. Tuck the wings under the back, cross the legs, and tie them with kitchen twine. Place the chicken breast side down on the rack and roast until the back is golden brown, 35-40 minutes.
  5. Remove chicken from the oven and turn it over, breast side up. Cut the string where it holds the legs together and gently open the legs a bit. Baste the chicken with the pan drippings and roast again until the breast is golden brown and a meat thremometer inserted in the thigh registers 170*F., 20-25 minutes more. Move to a carving board and let rest for 10 minutes before carving.
  6. To make sauce:.
  7. Whisk the soy sauce with the rice vinegar, sesame oil, orange zest, ginger, garlic and scallion in a small bowl.
  8. Carve the chicken into 8 pieces, serve, and pass the dipping sauce at the table. Enjoy!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 952.2 Kcal (3987 kJ)
Calories from fat 596.83 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 66.31g 102%
Cholesterol 357.13mg 119%
Sodium 2374.26mg 99%
Potassium 891.43mg 19%
Total Carbs 7.59g 3%
Sugars 4g 16%
Dietary Fiber 1.49g 6%
Protein 76.24g 152%
Vitamin C 15.9mg 26%
Iron 4.9mg 27%
Calcium 64.9mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 197.72 Kcal (828 kJ)
Calories from fat 123.93 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.77g 102%
Cholesterol 74.16mg 119%
Sodium 493.01mg 99%
Potassium 185.1mg 19%
Total Carbs 1.58g 3%
Sugars 0.83g 16%
Dietary Fiber 0.31g 6%
Protein 15.83g 152%
Vitamin C 3.3mg 26%
Iron 1mg 27%
Calcium 13.5mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 24.3
    Points
  • 25
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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