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Honey chicken dinner

Serve this honey chicken dish with potatoes and a tossed salad.

Ingredients

1⁄2 c broth (chicken broth)
1⁄4 c honey (runny honey)
1⁄2 c juice (lemon juice)
2 chicken (whole chickens about 3 lb each, cut into pieces)
  olive oil
  thyme (preferably fresh thyme)
  seasoning (salt and pepper to taste)

Instructions

Heat the oven to 450º F.

Rub all the chicken pieces with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Then place the chicken pieces skin-side down in one layer into a large roasting tin. 

Mix the lemon juice, honey and broth in a small jug and pour over the chicken. Sprinkle with thyme and cook in the oven for about 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes, turn over the chicken pieces and continue baking for a further 20-30 minutes or until the chicken pieces are no longer pink inside.

Serve warm.

Yield
10 servings
Cooking time
50
Preparation time
15
Total time
1 hour, 5 minutes

Notes

If you want to crisp the skin, place it under the broiler for a few minutes once it is done.

You can substitute the whole chickens, cut up, with the same weight of chicken pieces, lik chicken thigs.