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    Home » Roast Dinners

    Honey glazed roast chicken

    Posted: Nov 25, 2019 · Updated: Oct 21, 2021 by Tonje

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    Honey glazed roast chicken with crispy, sweet skin and tender, juicy meat is the perfect Sunday roast dinner. This recipe is incredibly easy and yet so flavourful. The honey glaze will caramelise slightly in the oven, and gives the chicken skin a lovely crisp and a beautiful colour.

    A whole roasted chicken looks beautiful on the dinner table, and is a lot easier to cook than a whole turkey. Chicken is an excellent roast dinner for any day of the year, but it's also a great choice as a holiday meal if you are cooking for a small group of people and want to avoid buying a whole turkey.

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    Roast chicken in honey on a bed of spinach on a marble table.

    How to roast a whole chicken

    Roasting a chicken is way easier than it sounds. The exact cooking time will vary depending on the size of your chicken. Usually when you buy a whole chicken, you can find the estimated cooking time and other instructions on the package. In general, the cooking time is 20 minutes + 40 minutes per hour. A 2 kg chicken therefore takes 1 hour 40 minutes to roast.

    For this recipe, you want to place the chicken in an oven safe dish, a roasting pan or a casserole dish. Preheat the oven to 200°C / 180°C fan oven / 395°F. Then, make the honey glaze by combining honey and olive oil in a small bowl. Brush the glaze all over the chicken skin, and insert the chicken in the oven. Allow it to cook for the suggested amount of time without opening the oven.

    Use a meat thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the meat to ensure that the meat has cooked through. Chicken is safe to eat when the meat has reached an internal temperature of 75°C / 165°F.

    As always, be careful when handling raw chicken. Anything that comes in contact with raw chicken has to be cleaned thoroughly to avoid cross contamination.

    Roast chicken with honey on a bed of spinach.

    Leftover honey glazed roast chicken

    Any leftover chicken can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days, or frozen for up to 3 months. Serve leftovers cold, or reheat them in the microwave until piping hot before serving. You can add leftover chicken to a lovely salad, use it as tacos, or in a hearty soup. I prefer to carve all the meat off the chicken, and only save the shredded chicken meat. The carcass can either be discarded or used to make chicken broth.

    The best side dishes

    Side dishes make or break a roast dinner. I would serve this chicken with brussels sprouts with bacon. If you want a salad (of course you do!), I suggest kale salad with apples and cranberries, Steamed Brussels Sprouts or broccoli salad with raisins and bacon, both of which have lovely, hearty flavours. If you're preparing a holiday meal, you will need some good stuffing. If you're making this as a regular roast dinner, you could even pair it with pasta; orzo salad is perfect!

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    Honey glazed roast chicken on a bed of spinach.

    Honey glazed roast chicken

    Honey glazed roast chicken with crispy, sweet skin and tender, juicy meat is the perfect Sunday roast dinner. This recipe is incredibly easy and yet so flavourful. The honey glaze will caramelise slightly in the oven, and gives the chicken skin a lovely crisp and a beautiful colour.
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    Created by: Tonje
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 1 hr 30 mins
    Course Dinner, Main Course
    Cuisine International
    Servings 4
    Calories 472 kcal
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    Ingredients
      

    • 1 whole chicken
    • 2 tablespoon honey
    • 1 tablespoon olive oil

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 200°C / 180°C fan oven / 395°F.
    • Place the chicken in an oven safe dish, a roasting pan or a casserole dish.
    • Make the honey glaze by combining honey and olive oil in a small bowl. Brush the glaze all over the chicken skin, and insert the chicken in the oven. Allow it to cook for the suggested amount of time without opening the oven. 
    • The exact cooking time will vary depending on the size of your chicken. Usually when you buy a whole chicken, you can find the estimated cooking time and other instructions on the package. In general, the cooking time is 20 minutes + 40 minutes per hour. A 2 kg chicken therefore takes 1 hour 40 minutes to roast.
    • Use a meat thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the meat to ensure that the meat has cooked through. Chicken is safe to eat when the meat has reached an internal temperature of 75°C / 165°F.

    Notes

    As always, be careful when handling raw chicken. Anything that comes in contact with raw chicken has to be cleaned thoroughly to avoid cross contamination.

    Leftovers

    Any leftover chicken can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days, or frozen for up to 3 months. Serve leftovers cold, or reheat them in the microwave until piping hot before serving. You can add leftover chicken to a lovely salad, use it as tacos, or in a hearty soup. I prefer to carve all the meat off the chicken, and only save the shredded chicken meat. The carcass can either be discarded or used to make chicken broth.

    Side dishes

    Side dishes make or break a roast dinner. I would serve this chicken with brussels sprouts with bacon. If you want a salad (of course you do!), I suggest kale salad with apples and cranberries or broccoli salad with raisins and bacon, both of which have lovely, hearty flavours. If you’re preparing a holiday meal, you will need some good stuffing. If you’re making this as a regular roast dinner, you could even pair it with pasta; orzo salad is perfect!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 472kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 35gFat: 32gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 143mgSodium: 134mgPotassium: 360mgSugar: 9gVitamin A: 267IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 2mg
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