It’s the fresh thyme that makes the orange thyme sauce have such a unique and lovely flavour.

It’s easy to make and ideal for:

• Topping on chicken
• But will also work on other meats, such as burgers.
• And great for barbequed meats

Fresh thyme is great for making sauces. The recipe below shows how to use fresh thyme to make orange thyme sauce for chicken – but on this site you will find lots of other recipes using thyme.

How to make Orange thyme sauce

Ingredients:

• 4 tbsp Fresh Thyme leaves – chopped
• 180 ml Orange juice
• 1 Onion – chopped into small squares
• 200 ml Chicken stock
• 150 ml Creme Fraiche
• 1 tbsp Butter
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• 1 tbsp flour (optional)

Equipment

• Saucepan
• Chef’s knife
• Measuring jug

Instructions

• Fry the butter until melted in a saucepan.
• Add the chopped onion and fry until soft and golden
• Add the chopped thyme leaves, chicken stock and orange juice
• Bring to the boil and simmer until it has reduced to half
• Then add the creme fraiche and salt & pepper to taste
• Stir until smooth

Optional

If the sauce is to thin and runny then add flour to thicken it. Simply blend 1 or 2 tbsp plain flour in a jug with the same amount of water and stir until no longer lumpy. Then add to the sauce and simmer for 5 minutes.

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Orange thyme sauce

Ideal for topping on chicken or other meats, such as burgers. Especially great for barbequed meats

Course ingredient, Main Course

Cuisine British

Keyword orange thyme sauce

Prep Time 4 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 4 people

Calories 159kcal

Author Minze Vries

Equipment

• 1 Saucepan
• 1 Chef Knife
• 1 measuring jug

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp Fresh Thyme leaves
• 180 ml Orange juice
• 1 Onion
• 250 ml Chicken stock
• 150 ml Creme Fraiche
• 1 tbsp Butter
• 1 tbsp Flour Optional
• Salt and Pepper

Instructions

• Fry the butter until melted in a saucepan.
• Add the chopped onion and fry until soft and golden
• Add the chopped thyme leaves, chicken stock and orange juice
• Bring to the boil and simmer until it has reduced to half
• Then add the creme fraiche and salt & pepper to taste
• Stir until smooth

Video

Notes

Optional

If the sauce is to thin and runny then add flour to thicken it. Simply blend 1 or 2 tbsp plain flour in a jug with the same amount of water and stir until no longer lumpy. Then add to the sauce and simmer for 5 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 80ml | Calories: 159kcal

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Easy Way to grow thyme at home

Hopefully the guide to how to make Orange thyme sauce for chicken might inspire you to grow your own fresh thyme at home.

When you are cooking fresh herbs tend to make a real difference to the results. Herbs are really easy to grow at home and many of them grow really fast.

To grow your own thyme

It’s not very difficult to grow your own at home – even indoors (in your kitchen, spare bedroom, garage, etc. All you will need are seeds, growing system and some growing lights. There is detailed description of the – indoor herb growing system

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