Honey-Orange Chicken with green beans and rice

Now, I don't think I can eat chili again for at least a couple months since I ate it literally 5 or 6 meals in a row...and that doesn't even count the 10 total times I probably had it this week. It doesn't mean that it wasn't delicious though!. However, my next venture was a...

GREAT SUCCESS! So, I modified a recipe from delish.com and really wasn't expecting much. I just wanted something that didn't require a bunch of ingredients and was fairly quick. Well, it actually turned out to be quite tasty!! I would still make a few changes if I am to make it again, but not bad for the first try! Here goes...

Ingredients:
3/4 cup orange juice

1/3 cup clover honey

1 teaspoon of grated ginger

2 cloves of garlic

1 teaspoon of orange zest

1 teaspoon of salt

1/8 teaspoon of black pepper

4 skinless chicken thighs

1 teaspoon of vegetable oil

Instructions:

1. Combine juice, honey, ginger, garlic, zest, salt and pepper in a bowl. (What I did was take the zest of the orange, juice the orange, then fill up the remaining 3/4 cup amount with orange juice)
2. Add chicken and stir to coat. The recipe actually called for chicken breast, but I prefer chicken thighs since they are juicier!
3. Refrigerate the chicken in the marinade for 30 minutes.
4. Heat a large skillet over medium heat with vegetable oil. Take the chicken out of the marinade, but let the excess drip back into the bowl. Put chicken into skillet.
5. Cook over medium heat 3 minutes per side, or until golden brown.
6. Add reserve marinade into skillet with chicken until it is reduced by half. Add a little flour to thicken the sauce (a handy trick I learned from Ms. Rachel Ray).
7. Serve!

**Now, the thing I probably will change for next time is not serve the sauce on top of the chicken. Since the chicken cooks in the skillet with the sauce for quite some time, there is already a ton of flavor in the chicken. Adding the sauce kind of makes the dish too sweet.

**Also, the original recipe called for sesame seeds on top of the served chicken and some sesame oil in the sauce. However, I do not like sesame so I discarded them. If you do, just add a teaspoon of sesame oil in the suace and a teaspoon of sesame seeds on top of the chicken.

I served the chicken with green beans (just cooked with butter, salt, and pepper) and rice. The thing about this dish that I like is that it's super easy and doesn't take very long.