Recipe: Rosemary Honey Chicken

[ellyssian]

• Boneless Chicken Breast or Tenders, cut in 1" cubes


• Honey


• Rosemary Leaves

This is a simple recipe, one I came up with about 13-15 years ago. I think the inspiration for it was to just pull something together to make chicken a bit more interesting and edible for me - prior to that, I did my best avoiding it (barbecued chicken wings & KFC extra crispy were the *only* two exceptions), although now I'm much more accepting (and I don't think I've had the BBQ wings since then, and rarely have KFC... go figure!)

Set the chicken in an unheated non-stick pan, then drizzle with honey. Sometimes we go light on it, sometimes we drown it. Best to make sure the chicken is completely thawed, especially with smaller quantities of honey, as it will caramelize well before the chicken is cooked, and you don't want that.

Sprinkle liberally with rosemary, and cook on lower heat - keep a close eye on it, turning the chicken frequently.

This works well with cheddar broccoli rice or mashed potatoes, and sweet corn or a green vegetable.

Comments

[tidesong.livejournal.com]

That sounds fantastic! I may have to try that soon.

[d2leddy.livejournal.com]

I know what's for dinner tonight. Thanks.

[nhmetalchick.livejournal.com]

I know you said that you like to come up with your own stuff, but I have a pretty good chicken recipe, just in case you want to try it, or anyone who reads this does. I usually make it with wings, but I'm going to try it with boneless chicken on a cool night.

Catalina salad dressing,you can also use Country French(1 or 2 10 oz bottles)
Apple Jelly (8-12oz jar)
dry onion soup mix (1 or 2 depending on how much
dry chicken noodle soup mix (of the other stuff your using)
( a friend of mine tried it and she also added pineapples)

mix it all together, marinate overnight, and for wings cook at 375 until a deep golden brown. With boneless I assume just long enough til the chicken is cooked.

I make about 10lbs of chicken wings using the double ingredients every year for my xmas party and they are completly gone within a matter of 45 mins. People have also scooped out the marinade and ate it, then asked me what kind of "rice" is that, its delicious, quite surprised when I tell them its soup mix.

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

When I was a much younger, I used to use Catalina as a substitute for barbecue sauce on chicken and hot dogs (slice the hot dog length-wise so that it folds open - don't cut through, pour in Catalina, fold back together, spread the sauce on the outside; broil.)

The soup mix wouldn't come as a shock to me, Deb has made a lot of different things based on soup mixes. We'll have to give it a shot some time.

[ms-issicran.livejournal.com]

That sounds really good, gonna try that (once I'm home again). Thanks!

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Any time!

Forget to mention: I used a cast iron pan this time, and the results came out much better than with the non-stick stuff (which I have sworn off of! =)