Spruce up your roasted whole chicken with this easy and delicious hoisin and orange roasted whole chicken. Brings wonderful flavour to plain chicken!

hoisin roasted whole chicken on platter with oranges

Roasting a whole chicken with the lovely orange and bacon topping infused the chicken breast with lovely flavour and kept the chicken exceptionally moist. To serve, I cut off the breast meat and enjoyed it warm a drizzle of the roasted orange.

Afterwards, I removed the rest of the chicken meat and reserved the bacon and the balance of the roasted oranges for a next-day salad.

Ingredients and Substitutions

Whole Chicken – Be sure to check the weight of your chicken beforehand and adjust the roasting time accordingly. You may need to roast a bit more or less.

Oranges – I used clementines, since I had a lot around, but any orange variety would work here.

Hoisin Sauce and Asian Chili Garlic Sauce – Hoisin sauce is easy to find, and Asian Chili Garlic Sauce is usually, as well. If you can’t find Asian Chili Garlic Sauce, Sambal Oelek is a good substitute, but use about 1/2 the amount specified, as it is spicier.

Recipe Tips

If you want to cut your oranges to end up with the prettiest slices, cut your oranges in half from top to bottom, then take a half and lay cut side down on a cutting board, with the stem end to the right. Slice off and discard the stem end, then keep slicing from there and you will have pretty orange slices.

What to serve with Hoisin Orange Whole Roast Chicken

With it’s Asian flavours, this chicken would go well with fried rice or noodles, or skip the carbs and do a quick, Asian stir fry of mixed vegetables.

Hoisin Orange Roasted Whole Chicken

hoisin roasted whole chicken on platter with oranges

Get the Recipe: Hoisin Orange Whole Roast Chicken

Easy and delicious, spruce up your basic whole roast chicken with oranges, bacon and a lovely hoisin-based glaze.
4.89 stars from 9 ratings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Yield: 5 servings

Ingredients

  • 5 clementine oranges, or the orange of your choice
  • 4 lb whole chicken
  • 4 slices bacon
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper

Hoisin Glaze:

  • 3 Tablespoons hoisin sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Asian Chili Garlic sauce
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/3 cup soy sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon honey
  • 1 Tablespoon toasted or regular sesame oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon fresh ginger minced
  • Diced green onion, for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 450F.
  • Halve all the clementines. Thickly slice four of the halves, then cut into half moons. Set aside.
  • Prepare Hoisin glaze by stirring together all ingredients. Set aside.
  • Prepare chicken by rinsing well, then pat dry with paper towel. Season chicken inside and out with 1 tsp of salt and 1/2 tsp pepper. Place one clementine half into the chicken cavity. Twist wing tips under back and tie drumsticks together, if they aren't tied already. Place chicken breast side up in a metal 9x13-ish baking pan.
  • Lay bacon lengthwise on chicken breast. Tuck clementine slices under bacon, overlapping them slightly. Place remaining clementine halves around the chicken. Brush a bit of the glaze over top of chicken and on the orange halves.
  • Roast chicken in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Brush a bit more hoisin glaze on chicken. REDUCE OVEN TEMPERATURE TO 350F. Tent chicken with foil and return to the oven. Roast 50-60 minutes, brushing with a bit more glaze about half way through. Remove foil (and set foil aside for now), brush with remaining glaze and roast uncovered an additional 10 minutes, or until thermometer inserted in the thigh registers at least 170F.
  • Remove from oven. Tent loosely with foil and let chicken rest for 10 minutes.
  • To serve, squeeze one roasted clementine over chicken. Slice and serve.

Notes

*If you would like to get a second meal out of your chicken, reserve and refrigerate 2-3 of the bacon slices and the roasted clementines, together with the leftover roasted chicken. Use to make an Asian Chicken Salad. See my archives for the recipe!
Cuisine: Asian
Course: Main Course
Serving: 1serving, Calories: 551kcal, Carbohydrates: 17g, Protein: 37g, Fat: 36g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Cholesterol: 142mg, Sodium: 1307mg, Potassium: 539mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 13g, Vitamin A: 245IU, Vitamin C: 38.9mg, Calcium: 48mg, Iron: 2.2mg
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