Baked Mandarin Chicken

🍊 Baked Mandarin Chicken Recipe
Ingredients:

4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts

Salt and pepper to taste

1 tbsp olive oil

Mandarin Sauce:

1 cup mandarin orange juice (fresh-squeezed or from canned mandarins)

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp honey or brown sugar

1 tbsp rice vinegar (or apple cider vinegar)

1 clove garlic, minced

1 tsp grated fresh ginger (or 1/2 tsp ground)

1 tsp cornstarch + 1 tbsp water (slurry for thickening)

Optional: zest of 1 mandarin for extra citrus kick

Optional Garnishes:

Mandarin orange segments

Sliced green onions

Sesame seeds

Instructions: