Preparation
45 minutes
Cooking
50 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Whole Honey Grilled Chicken Serves 4 people
Chicken 1 whole Fish sauce 3 tablespoons Brown sugar 3 tablespoons MSG 1 tablespoon Turmeric powder 2 teaspoons Five-spice powder 2 teaspoons Honey 5 tablespoons Salt a little
How to choose fresh, delicious chicken
For live chickens
- Choose chickens with bright red combs, shiny feathers, pinkish anuses, and no strange fluids.
- The chicken’s legs should be small and even yellow, not wrinkled, and the crop should not be tight, indicating that the chicken is healthy.
- Lift the feathers to see thin, soft skin; when gently squeezed, the chicken should feel firm, not flabby, with some large yellow streaks under the breast and wings. Under the wings and armpits, if you can see the meat and blood vessels, it indicates the chicken is firm and not fatty.
For processed chickens
- Choose chicken meat that looks fresh, has no foul or strange smell, and the skin should not have any bruises or dark spots; avoid choosing blackened chickens as they are likely to have died before processing.
- To avoid buying water-injected chickens, press on the suspected water-injected areas (mainly thighs and breasts) to check; if it feels flabby, slippery, or deformed, do not buy it.
- If you see yellow skin with white internal fat, it is certain that the chicken has been dyed, and you should not purchase it.
- If you want to choose good native chicken, select pieces of meat with light yellow, thin, smooth skin, high elasticity, and only deep yellow in certain areas such as the breast, wings, back, with a compact, firm body, and narrow breast.
- For frozen chicken types in supermarkets, check the reputable origin and expiration date on the packaging to ensure quality.
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Tools needed
How to prepare Whole Honey Roasted Chicken
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Prepare the chicken
Ask a friend to pluck the feathers from the whole chicken, then use coarse salt or rub lemon on the chicken’s skin to remove the odor, and then rinse with clean water and let it drain.
How to clean chicken meat, odor-free
To prevent the chicken from smelling, you need to remove all the feathers, including the fine down feathers, to make the chicken white, clean, and less smelly.
Mix vinegar and salt in a ratio of 2 parts salt to 1 part vinegar, then rub it all over the chicken, rubbing several times, then rinse thoroughly with clean water or rub lemon and salt on the chicken’s skin or use a bit of ginger and white wine to rub on the chicken to eliminate the odor.
See details: The simplest tips to eliminate the odor of chicken and duck when cooking
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Prepare the marinade
Place a pan on the stove, add 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, 3 tablespoons of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of MSG, 2 teaspoons of turmeric powder, 2 teaspoons of five-spice powder, and 4 tablespoons of honey.
Stir well until the mixture is combined, and stir until the marinade mixture boils, then turn off the heat.
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Marinate the chicken
Pour the mixed marinade into a bowl, then place the prepared whole chicken in, using gloved hands to immerse the chicken in the marinade, spreading it evenly over the entire chicken.
Then marinate the chicken for 30 to 45 minutes to allow the flavors to penetrate.
Note: You can also marinate the chicken the night before; just take it out to roast the next day. This will help the chicken absorb the flavors more deliciously and intensely. -
Roast the chicken
After marinating the chicken, use a skewer to pierce through the body of the chicken.
Preheat the oven for 10 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius, then place the chicken in the oven to roast for 40 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through.
During the roasting process, every 10 minutes, open the oven and use a brush to apply a mixture of 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 tablespoon of water to the chicken to prevent it from drying out and to enhance flavor absorption!
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Final Product
Honey grilled chicken fragrant, hot crispy skin combined with tender juicy chicken meat inside, not dry.
When eating, use a knife to chop the chicken into bite-sized pieces, then enjoy with bread along with a bit of cucumber, tomato, lettuce, dipped in a bowl of chili salt, it will be absolutely wonderful!
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Details on how to make honey roasted chicken using an oven that is extremely delicious, attractive, and simple at home. Let’s make it to treat your loved ones, wishing you success!
