Chicken Tequila Sunrise

11 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs frying chicken, cut up (or your own favorite bone-in chicken pieces)
  • 2 onions, thinly sliced
  • 3/4 cup orange juice
  • 1/4 cup tequila
  • 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon course ground pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. 2
    Spray a shallow baking pan (with sides) large enough to accommodate the chicken in a single layer with non-stick cooking spray.
  3. 3
    Place unseasoned chicken pieces, skin-side up, in baking pan; place pan in preheated oven for 25 minutes to crisp skin and melt fat.
  4. 4
    Remove from oven and pour off fat.
  5. 5
    Place onion slices under chicken pieces.
  6. 6
    Combine remaining ingredients and pour over chicken.
  7. 7
    Return to oven for 20 minutes or until chicken is tender and crisp, and liquid thickens.

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