Lemon Honey Chicken Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is a super-quick meals to prepare that is made with readily available ingredients you already have.
Lemon Honey Chicken
Lemon & Honey, some may think honey in a chicken, that's weird. but i am telling you, it is not at all weird, its heavenly. In this recipe honey doesn't give overall sweetness like it gives to pastries and cakes. It somehow cuts the tanginess of the lemon and balances the whole lot. It also helps the chicken go wonderfully caramelize and makes it finger licking good. I hope you got my point..
Ingredients for Lemon Honey Chicken
- Chicken Legs - 2
- Olive Oil - 3 tbsp
- Honey - 3 tbsp
- Lemon Juice - 3 tbsp
- Oregano - 2 tsp
- Chilli Flakes - 1 tbsp or to taste
- Salt to taste
How to Make Lemon Honey Chicken
- Preheat oven to 250 degree C.
- Mix all the ingredients except chicken in a bowl.
- Take chicken legs and make deep slashes in it.
- Now place it in the marinate and leave it overnight or a good couple of hours.
- Now place it in a baking sheet and bake for 10 mins.Remove it and flip over.
- Bake again for 5 mins.Reduce the oven temp to 150 degree C.
- Remove and flip over, bake for 25 to 30 mins.
- Now let it rest for 5 mins.
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Lemon Honey Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 Chicken Legs
- 3 tbsp Olive Oil
- 3 tbsp Honey
- 3 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 2 tsp Oregano
- 1 tbsp or to taste Chilli Flakes
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250 degree C.
- Mix all the ingredients except chicken in a bowl.
- Take chicken legs and make deep slashes in it.
- Now place it in the marinate and leave it overnight or a good couple of hours.
- Now place it in a baking sheet and bake for 10 mins.Remove it and flip over.
- Bake again for 5 mins.Reduce the oven temp to 150 degree C.
- Remove and flip over, bake for 25 to 30 mins.
- Now let it rest for 5 mins.
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Catherine
Dear Aarthi, I love lemon and honey on my chicken. It makes a delicious meal! Blessings dear, Catherine xo
Anonymous
Plz mention wat temp to set in oven n also whether in grill r microwave mode.
Janet
I like your flavor combinations. How can you go wrong with Lemon, Honey, and a little of Heat. Thanks for sharing.
Anonymous
At what temp do we bake?
Shweet Spicess
This looks just too much delicious and healthy as well!! cant resist so much tempting
Veera
How to cook this chicken in Microwave Grill
Aarthi
@Anonymousi am not sure about cooking this microwave,,
Aarthi
@VeeraI am not sure about cooking this in microwave.
Ashu
Hi Sis , Is it baking mode is simple baking mode like baking cookies or have to set to grill mode ?
Aarthi
@AshuIt is cookied in normal baking mode
deepalord
Thanksaarti but can u tel us how to prepare in tawa i ve oven but each oven temperature is diff from othersz that z y
Aarthi
@deepalordThis cannot be made properly in tawa, because since it has honey it can burn easily. If you want to make, just place it in hot grill pan or tawa, and cook on a very low heat till it is caramelized.
Aarthi
@deepalordThis cannot be made properly in tawa, because since it has honey it can burn easily. If you want to make, just place it in hot grill pan or tawa, and cook on a very low heat till it is caramelized.
Tina Chahal
Hi Aarti
The best recipe. I loved the caramelized chicken. I don't like honey but even though I used half the amount of honey, the flavour was excellent. God Bless..
Anonymous
No binding ingredient is to be used?
Aarthi
@Anonymousno need
kidanjo
Can w I add finer and garlic?
Aarthi
@kidanjoyes u can use.
shwetha shenoy
I tried this yesterday.. it was very yummy and juicy... Thank you
Anonymous
Please don't use olive oil for high temperature preparations.
Anonymous
@shwetha shenoy
sorry i meant ginger & garlic my bad!!
but thanks!
Rohit Agarwal
Hi Aarthi, The recipe looks really easy to try however I am struggling with using my new OTG (Morphy Richards 52RCSS - http://amzn.to/1QsF8wN which has max temperature 230 degree C). Can you please elaborate on the mode, temperature and timing of the OTG for this chicken. Thanks
Aarthi
@Rohit Agarwalcheck this post
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2014/03/meet-my-ovens-ovens-which-i-use-best.html
Anonymous
I tried..super yummy. Thank you dear for the recipoe