Chicken Challenge

Recently, I have been too busy to blog--what with school and work starting and all--but I found some inspiration in a friend's email. We had run into eachother at a conference in July, where she was telling me about a wonderful baked chicken recipe. She emailed it to me, and the rest is history. Now, I haven't actually tried the recipe yet, but it sounds good, I thought I'd share it here.

Ok, so what's the "challenge" part? I'm calling on you to submit your favorite chicken recipes. As I receive submissions, I will post the recipes.

So now to the "meat" of the post...The following recipe was sent to me by MG. She found it on allrecipes.com where it was originally submitted by Gretchen Ramey.

Honey Baked Chicken II

1 (3lb.) whole chicken (cut into pieces) OR bone-in chicken pieces
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup prepared mustard
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. curry powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place chicken in shallow (foil-lined) baking pan, skin side up. Combine melted butter, honey, mustard, salt and curry powder in a bowl and stir well until completely mixed together. Pour mixture over chicken. Bake for 1 1/4 hours (75 minutes) basting every 15 minutes w/ pan drippings, until chicken is nicely browned and tender and juices run clear.

Since this recipe only calls for 1 tsp. of curry powder, you can't tell that much that it has curry in it once it's cooked. Lining the pan with foil really helps with clean-up. It does take a while to bake because you have to baste every 15 minutes but boy, it's worth it! Somehow, the combination of all these ingredients makes for a really good chicken recipe. It's rich but SO yummy! I like to serve it with steamed white rice and steamed veggies on the side.

Mmmm...looking forward to seeing more yummy chickens fly into my inbox.