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Honey Roasted Chicken Recipe

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I've been posting some of my ol' stand by recipes, and this cinnamon-toasted honey-roasted chicken is one of the first Paleo recipes I truly enjoyed. You can tell this is an old recipe because it uses honey... something I don't usually use anymore in my baking and cooking, but I can't give it up!

Roasting a chicken is a great and simple way to make a meal. This particular roasting recipe requires a little more attention than others, as you need to baste and adjust the temperature often, but it's definitely worth it! Just make sure to set the time or you might end up with a fried-to-a-crisp chicken! Also, I recommend doing this in as small of a dish as fits your chicken. As you can see from the final pictures if the juices get too spread out they will burn! This is a larger dish than I usually use (I thought it would be pretty for the photos), and I will never use it for this recipe again! I hope you enjoy!  

Recipe Adapted from The Paleo Project by Dr. Marc Bubbs

GAPS Legal Honey Roasted Chicken Recipe Ingredients

  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves

  • 1/8 tsp ground ginger

  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon

  • 1 tbsp salt

  • 9 cloves of garlic

  • 2 tbsp Raw Honey

Directions for gaps legal roasted chicken with honey

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Preheat oven to 500 degrees.

Make your rub by mixing cloves, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl.

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Crush 5 cloves with the flat of your knife, keep 4 cloves of garlic whole.

Remove the giblets. Wash and pat dry the chicken. Make sure you dry the chicken really well so the rub will stick.

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Drizzle approx. 2 tbs of honey of the top of the chicken, rub both sides well.

Massage the rub on the chicken, making sure to rub both sides.

Add all garlic cloves to chicken cavity.

Cover chicken with parchment paper and aluminum foil to keep cinnamon from burning.

Roast at 500 degree for 15 min then decrease your oven to 450 for 15 minutes.

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Remove chicken from oven. Baste chicken with juice drippings.

Reduce oven to 425. Recover chicken and bake for approx 30 - 45  minutes until chicken reaches internal temp of 165. Uncover chicken for five more minutes then remove from oven.

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Let the chicken rest for 20 minutes.

Carve chicken and serve! Make sure you enjoy the skin while it’s crispy and hot!

Notes:If your chicken came with giblets, you can add them to your next batch of stock or make liver pate.

I don’t normally recommend baking with honey but for this delicious recipe I make an exception.

Save the gelatin and juices of this chicken! Once cooled, they are like candy because of the sweet honey and cinnamon.

Honey Roasted Chicken

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ingredients:

  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/8 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 9 cloves of garlic
  • 2 tbsp Raw Honey

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How to cook Honey Roasted Chicken

  1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
  2. Make your rub by mixing cloves, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl.
  3. Crush 5 cloves with the flat of your knife, keep 4 cloves of garlic whole.
  4. Remove the giblets. Wash and pat dry the chicken. Make sure you dry the chicken really well so the rub will stick.
  5. Drizzle approx. 2 tbs of honey of the top of the chicken, rub both sides well.
  6. Massage the rub on the chicken, making sure to rub both sides.
  7. Add all garlic cloves to chicken cavity.
  8. Cover chicken with parchment paper and aluminum foil to keep cinnamon from burning.
  9. Roast at 500 degree for 15 min then decrease your oven to 450 for 15 minutes.
  10. Remove chicken from oven. Baste chicken with juice drippings.
  11. Reduce oven to 425. Recover chicken and bake for approx 30 - 45 minutes until chicken reaches internal temp of 165. Uncover chicken for five more minutes then remove from oven.
  12. Let the chicken rest for 20 minutes.
  13. Carve chicken and serve! Make sure you enjoy the skin while it’s crispy and hot!
  14. Notes:If your chicken came with giblets, you can add them to your next batch of stock or make liver pate.
  15. I don’t normally recommend baking with honey but for this delicious recipe I make an exception.
  16. Save the gelatin and juices of this chicken! Once cooled, they are like candy because of the sweet honey and cinnamon.
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