Orange-Glazed Baked Chicken

last night was they very first time i hosted potluck. my friend and i are in it together as a "couple". since i hosted the potluck at my house, it was my duty to cook the meat. i knew i wanted to do chicken breasts and i thought something citrusy would be fun. i found a recipe for orange-glazed baked chicken in our church cook book. it looked like it would be perfect, but i decided to do a trial run on my family the week before. the recipe called for a cut-up chicken, but i adapted the cooking time to make it work for boneless skinless chicken breasts. after my family and i taste tested it, we all decided that it would be better with a few alterations: rub the chicken in salt before coating the chicken with the flour mixture and double the sauce so there would be extra to pour over it after serving. with these few minor changes, the chicken turned out wonderfully and delicious! i loved that the dish was not too complicated and involved, but still looked beautiful.

for my family i served rice on the side with the chicken

my version of Orange Glazed Baked Chicken

SERVES: 8 TIME: 50 minutes

Ingredients:

8 (6 oz.) Boneless skinless chicken breasts

1/2 c. Butter

1 c. Flour

2 tsp. Paprika

salt

Glaze:

1 c. Brown sugar

2 Tbsp. Cornstarch

2 c. Orange juice

Directions: 

[1] Preheat oven to 375. Melt the margarine or butter in a 9x13-inch baking dish. 

[2] Mix the flour and paprika. Rub the chicken in salt then coat the chicken with the flour mixture. Place in the baking dish and bake for 20 minutes. 

[3] Turn the breasts over and continue baking for another 10 minutes. 

[4] While chicken bakes, make the glaze. Blend the brown sugar and cornstarch. Stir in the orange juice. Heat the mixture until clear.

[5] Pour the glaze over the chicken, reserving about 3/4 c. for extra sauce, and continue to bake another 10 minutes, or until chicken is nice and tender.

[6] Serve chicken with the extra sauce on the side.