Honey of a Hen Recipe

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Honey of a Hen

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Do you like chicken?  Keep reading if your answer is yes 🙂

I have made this recipe numerous times.  Its always good.  The chicken is tender, juicy and full of flavor.  Personally I think its one of the best recipes for cooking a whole chicken that I know.   I’ll give you one HUGE tip if you do make this recipe.  Line your baking pan with foil.  The honey sticks to the pan and it can take a long time to clean it.  So experience has taught me to use foil 😉  And that tip has pretty much made this recipe perfect!

I know some people who don’t cook a whole chicken, I’m not sure why.  Its easy, economical and like I said, this recipe is near perfect 😉

Honey of a Hen

Ingredients:

–  1 whole chicken – about 2 -3 lbs.
–  2 lemons, thinly sliced
–  1 cup fresh mint leaves or 2 sprigs of rosemary
–  4 tablespoons honey
–  2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 400.  Rinse chicken with cold water and pat dry.  Place chicken upside-down on your work surface.
2.  Gently separate the skin from the meat using your fingers.  Insert 1 lemon slice on each side of the backbone.
3.  Turn chicken over and carefully loosen the skin from the breast and thighs.  The thighs will be a little tricky so do the best you can.  Insert slices of the lemon under the skin to cover as much of the meat as possible.
4. Place remaining lemon slices and mint or rosemary in the cavity.  Close both ends of the chicken with metal skewers.
5. Place chicken on a rack in a foil-lined baking pan.
6. In bowl, combine honey and lemon juice – use to baste the chicken occasionally while its cooking.  Bake chicken for approximately 1 1/2 hrs, until juices run clear when pierced with a fork.

Enjoy!!

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Gigi Howe