Orange recipes for the main course are quite unusual in some European countries, but very popular in Asia or in America. It probably has to do with the local climate, although today the international freight transportation has become so developed that we can find all fruits and vegetables in grocery stores all year round. It’s logical, culinary tastes of people in different areas have to do with many generations’ heritage. If I told you now to swallow one of those fried cockroaches that are sold on the streets of Bangkok, I bet you’d have a hard time if you never chewed an insect in your whole life.

As civilizations evolve, we become more and more open minded and willing to try new things and new experiences. Well, maybe not all of us, but at least there are lots of people who are willing to break with traditions and make their life as they like to live it. This includes also the cooking style, so if your dream of a lifetime is to prepare an orange recipe a day, feel free to read this brief guide and learn something new.

• Orange chicken recipes

I’ve already covered this topic in one of my previous articles, so if you want to learn one of the many recipes of orange chicken, just visit the article. Please be aware that there are many variations for this recipe: for instance, you can marinate the chicken before frying it, or you can add some rice wine and lemon juice to the sauce.

• Orange roasted turkey

This is a recipe suitable for festive dinners, when you have a lot of guests. That’s because you have to use one whole turkey and these birds surely grow big! In case you want to cook it for less persons, it’s still fine, but you’ll have to eat a lot of leftovers over the next week or so. Roasting is supposedly a healthier cooking method than deep-frying, so if you’re concerned about your health, you can take this into consideration when you make your cooking plans.

• Hearth healthy chicken orange recipe with basil

Hearth conditions are nothing to joke about, because they are usually silent killers. You think everything is fine with you, and one day you drop dead to the sorrow of your beloved ones (at least this is what we all like to believe, but reality sometimes shows the contrary). This orange recipe is healthy because it’s made with marinated baked chicken, squash and spinach. Oranges are part of the marinade, together with the fresh basil and with a little bit of mustard.

• Roasted salmon with orange-ginger glaze

Salmon fillets can be found in pretty much every food store, but if you can’t find them, you can buy any other fish fillets instead. They won’t taste like salmon (that’s normal, why would people pay that much for salmon if it had the same taste as merlucius?), but the food would still have an interesting taste. The salmon fillets are baked, then brushed with the marinade and baked again until the glaze is formed.

• Roast duck with orange sauce

It will take you probably two hours to roast the duck, so make sure you aren’t busy when you start cooking this dish. Meanwhile, you have enough time to make the orange sauce (don’t forget to add one bay leaf to it, just for the flavor) and maybe take a little afternoon nap (but if you forget to turn the duck in the oven after the first 30 minutes, your dinner is going to be a nightmare for your guests). So, are you hungry already? If you know another interesting orange recipe, please feel free to post it here, in the comments section.