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Cinnamon Toasted Oven Roasted Whole Chicken

Recipes

I found this recipe on www.paleo-project.com and the link on that site is now dead unfortunately but that is where the credit goes.  I made this for the first time tonight and it turned out awesome.  The chicken was extremely moist and very flavorful.  I made just a few changes which really just came down to increasing the amount of spices in the rub as it felt a little light in the original recipe.

Ingredients:

  • 1 Whole Chicken (around 4 lbs)
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp ground cloves
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 5 garlic cloves (crushed)
  • 1 tsp whole cloves
  • 1 tsp coconut or olive oil

Recipe:

  • Mix together the salt, nutmeg, ground cloves, allspice and cinnamon in a small bowl
  • Cover a baking pan with aluminum foil (I used a cookie sheet with a lip high enough to hold the juices)
  • Grease the spot the chicken will rest with the oil
  • Preheat oven to 500 F
  • Rinse chicken in cool water and pat dry (don’t forget to remove the extra bits often in a plastic bag inside the cavity!)
  • Put the crushed garlic and whole cloves
  • Spread the honey all over the outside of the chicken
  • shake or rub the spice mixture all over the outside of the chicken
  • Space the chicken on the pan breast side up
  • Cook for 15 minutes at 500 F
  • Lower the temperature to 450 F and cook for another 15 minutes
  • Lower the temperature to 425 F, baste the chicken with liquid from the pan and cook for another 30 minutes or until the chicken is around 180 F in the breast
  • Remove the chicken from the oven and allow to rest for 20 minutes before serving

 

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