Sweet Honey Curry Chicken
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
35 mins
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Total Time
45 mins
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Servings
8 servings
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Calories
172 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
American
Sweet Honey Curry Chicken
Description
This recipe blends honey, butter, mustard, and curry powder to create a sauce that coats chicken thighs or other pieces, combining sweet, tangy, and savory flavors. The chicken is pan-fried briefly to render some fat and crisp the skin, then baked in the oven at 350 °F, basted with reserved sauce to maintain moistness and prevent burning. The curry adds mild warmth that balances the honey's sweetness.
Cooking requires attention to oven rack position, placing it in the middle or slightly lower to avoid burning honey in the sauce. The sauce generously coats the chicken pieces and the residual sauce can be used for basting during baking to enhance glaze and flavor.
Ingredients
- 6-8 pieces chicken I prefer thighs but you can cut up a whole chicken too!
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1/2 cup honey liquid
- 1/4 cup prepared mustard
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 °F.
- Take all of the ingredients except for the chicken and whisk together in a bowl.
- Take a large skillet and place some olive oil in in. Fry the chicken to get rid of some of the excess fat and crisp the skin.
- If you are using an oven safe skillet, keep the chicken in it. If you aren't, transfer the chicken to an oven safe baking sheet or pan.
- Pour the sauce over your chicken pieces, coating them all, then set aside some in a little dish for basting later. You don't have to baste, but there is so much sauce that I love to spare some and use it later.
- Put the chicken in your 350 degrees oven and cook until the chicken thighs reach a temperature of 180°F.
- Now. Important. The honey can and will burn if you have your rack in your oven set too high. Make sure its in the middle, erring on the lower side. Honey burns. Basting will also help make sure it doesn't burn as well. This is truly the only fiddly part about this recipe.
- When its ready, serve it up!
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 8servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 172 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1piece | |
| Calories | 172kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 18g | 6% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Cholesterol | 30mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 486mg | 20% |
| Potassium | 21mg | 0% |
| Sugar | 17g | 34% |
| Vitamin A | 355IU | 7% |
| Vitamin C | 0.2mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 9mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.3mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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