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great grandma's hawaiian orange juice chicken & onions

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Amber Moon
Southern, AZ

I remember my great grandmother making this dish when I was very little. I was never given the exact recipe but this version is very close to how I remember watching her make it. It is awesome over rice, very dark in color, very thick, like a BBQ sauce, filled with sweet onions..YUM!

(1 rating)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 35 Min

Ingredients For great grandma's hawaiian orange juice chicken & onions

  • 2
    cut up chickens or skinless breasts
  • 2 lg
    thick sliced onions - white red or yellow
  • 1 can
    orange juice concentrate
  • garlic salt
  • 1 tsp
    cinnamon
  • pepper
  • 1 can water
  • your choice of oil for the pan

How To Make great grandma's hawaiian orange juice chicken & onions

  • 1
    I use a large cast iron skillet - medium high heat - oil pan
  • 2
    Remove skin & lumps of fat, wash & dry chicken pieces, dust well with garlic salt & pepper
  • 3
    When pan is hot, add chicken pieces & onion to pan, brown well
  • 4
    Once chicken is brown, add orange juice concentrate, water & cinnamon - stir and place lid on top.
  • 5
    Let cook for apx 45 minutes. You may want to turn the chicken a couple of times - scrape the bottom of the pan & stir, and possibly turn the heat down a little bit.
  • 6
    Sauce is very tangy, excellent over rice. You may also add bell peppers, pineapple chunks, green peppers & some ginger. This will also work in a crockpot.

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