Oct 28, 2012
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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