Honey Baked Chicken

Name: Honey Baked Chicken
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters finely-chopped cilantro stems or 3 cilantro roots, finely chopped; 2 Tbsps fish sauce; 4 large cloves garlic, peeled; 3 Tbsps honey; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil; 473 milliliters water; 2 teaspoons whole white peppercorns or freshly-ground white pepper; 1 whole chicken (about four pounds)

Honey Baked Chicken might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains about 31g of protein, 31g of fat, and a total of 468 calories. If you have honey, fish sauce, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the water you could follow this main course with the Watermelon-Peach Slushies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 40 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

In a mortar, pound together the garlic, cilantro, and peppercorns until you get a semi-smooth paste; transfer the paste to a large bowl. Alternatively, process in a food process, scraping down sides as necessary, until a paste is formed and transfer the paste to a large bowl.

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Peppercorns

Cilantro

Garlic

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Mortar And Pestle

Bowl

Add the fish sauce and honey to the marinade paste and stir together until well mixed.

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Fish Sauce

Marinade

Honey

Place the chicken into the marinade bowl. With your hands, rub the marinade on the chicken thoroughly, both inside and on the skin. Loosely cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

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Dry Seasoning Rub

Whole Chicken

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Meanwhile, adjust oven rack to center position and preheat oven to 375°F.

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Oven

Place chicken breast side up in a large baking dish and brush the outside thoroughly with the vegetable oil.

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Chicken Breast

Vegetable Oil

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Baking Pan

Add the water to the pan.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Bake the chicken for 60 minutes or until the skin is golden brown and a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of breast registers at least 150°F and thigh registers 170°F.

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Meat

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Kitchen Thermometer