Recipes: chicken a'la orange
This was a recreation of a recipe I made up in my teen years, when I started cooking for my family (having gotten tired of my mom's classics all the time, I decided it was time to step up and make change happen
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(also, faster, as the boned thighs cook in a jiffy)
I have no problem getting a good crust with flour over lightly damp meat (rinsed and then patted dry with a paper towel), so long as the pan is nice and hot when things go in.
To my younger palate, the notion of something sweet AND savory was pretty novel (I had a delightful but basic palate at that age). The addition of the orange slices and a shift in the balance of white pepper to orange (more pepper for some bite to go along with the sweet) is what really turned this into a more adult dish. :)
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