Israeli orange chicken

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients:

5 lb Chicken roasting 2 tb Ginger freshly grated
2 Oranges whole 2 tb Honey
1 lg Onion cut in large slices 1/2 c Wine
1/2 c Orange juice

Instructions:

fresh Rinse and dry chicken. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Insert one whole orange in the chicken. Place in roasting pan breast side down. Surround with onion slices. Mix juice with the ginger and pour over the chicken. Roast uncovered at 350 deg F for 1/2 hour. Remove chicken from the oven turn over and smear with honey. Suround the chicken with the secon orange sliced and return to the oven. After five minutes baste with wine and pan juices. If browning too quickly cover with foil. Baste again after 1/2 hour. continue cooking until drumsticks are removed easily about 1 more hour. Remove the orange from the chicken and slice it. Garnish with herbs as per taste. Note: Haroset makes a good stuffing for this dish....