No More Dry Chicken Chicken
"My neighbor Steve and his girl were experimenting with a baked chicken recipe and came up a little gem I think. It creates for a really moist chicken without using a brine but with almost the same results. Hope you enjoy it much as we did. If you eat legs and wings with your fingers...have some napkins handy. *s*"
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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1 Whole Chicken
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons orange juice
- 2 cups water
- 1 whole chicken
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix first 3 ingredients in sauce pan.
- Heat until butter melts.
- Remove from heat and stir in orange juice.
- Place water in baking dish before the chicken.
- Place chicken in baking dish and pour sauce slowly over entire chicken.
- Bake for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes basting chicken 3 times during the first hour.
- Chicken may be stuffed if desired.
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Reviews
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I was snooping around Zaar looking for a different way to fix chicken. Ran across your recipe, and gave it a try. WOW! Talk about easy and tasty, this dish is it. The meat is so tender and moist, and we really liked the flavor of the sauce. I did use fresh lemon juice, but added orange zest to it...gave the chicken a nice added zing! Thanks a bunch for sharing, Chuck. You posted a real winner. Laudee -
This made a delicious moist and juicy chicken. I added some salt and pepper after I poured on the sauce. Thanks for sharing this one because I don't always have time to brine a chicken before baking. -
zoyie. Oh what a great recipe. I hate dried out white meat, this was really great and know doubt will be making this again thank you
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The chicken was moist and very easy to prepare, but it needed more flavor. -
This Recipe was quite easy to make, and Turned out great! My picky partner ate most of it even after she scoffed at the orange juice/ chili powder she saw me put in. The Chicken was one of the moistest I've eaten without brining, and super easy!
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Tweaks
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I really enjoyed the taste of this and so did my boyfriend. It was different but very tasty. I substituted brown rice syrup for the honey and I doubled the amount of sauce. I used a little bit less water and when it was done I added flour paste to the sauce to make a gravy to serve with the chicken. I'll be making this again and again. Thanks for a great recipe.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chuck in Killbuck
Killbuck, NY
I’m over the hill and heading down the back side at a rapid rate it seems, single, and retired now.
My loves? Good friends, most of all. After that I guess it would be wildlife and photographing it. In fact, I love anything that deals with wild animals and the outdoors. Then comes playing with my dog and making a mess trying to cook in the kitchen or around the fire pit, grill or smoker while enjoying a good tumbler of whiskey (whisky).
