How Do I Make Easy Orange Sauce for Chicken?

Dress up your chicken with orange sauce.

Dress up your chicken dinner by spooning warm orange sauce over the cooked poultry. If you assemble the ingredients ahead of time, preparing the sauce will only take a matter of minutes, and you can serve it immediately with your meal. The following recipe makes approximately one cup of orange sauce.

Things You'll Need

• Saucepan
• Whisk
• Grated orange rinds from 2 oranges
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/3 cup currant jelly
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons Port wine
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• Salt

Instructions

1. Combine the orange rinds, sugar and currant jelly in a saucepan and whisk until smooth and blended.

2. Add the remaining ingredients to the pan (except the salt) and blend well.

3. Heat the sauce in the saucepan, while stirring. Heat until the jelly melts and the sauce is thoroughly heated.

4. Add salt to personal taste, if desired.

References

• "The Fannie Farmer Cookbook "; Marion Cunningham & Jeri Laber; 1979