Moroccan-Style Roast Chicken
Recipe: #32335
May 28, 2019
Categories: Dinner, Main Dish, Poultry, Chicken, Moroccan, 5 Ingredients Or Less, Oven Roast, Gluten-Free, High Protein, No Eggs, Spices, Whole Chicken more
"This is a delicious dish. It's not as sweet as one would think with the honey."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (489.8 g)
- Calories 594.6
- Total Fat - 20.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 9.7 g
- Cholesterol - 1119.1 mg
- Sodium - 315.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 18.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 17.4 g
- Protein - 80.3 g
- Calcium - 61.3 mg
- Iron - 11.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 16.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Position rack in bottom third of oven; preheat to 400°F.
Step 2
Whisk butter, honey, cinnamon, and turmeric in small bowl.
Step 3
Season with salt and pepper.
Step 4
Transfer 1/4 cup honey butter to small bowl; reserve.
Step 5
Place chicken on rack in roasting pan.
Step 6
Brush with some of remaining honey butter; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Step 7
Roast chicken until thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 165°F to 170°F, brushing occasionally with honey butter and covering loosely with foil if browning too quickly, about 1 hour 10 minutes.
Step 8
Transfer to platter.
Step 9
Serve with reserved honey butter.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.