Roast Chicken with Cumin, Honey, and Orange

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Yield
4 servings (serving size: 3 ounces)
January 2000
RECIPE BY Cooking Light

Ingredients

  • 1 (3-pound) roasting chicken
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons grated orange rind
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 garlic clove, minced

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 273
  • Caloriesfromfat 27%
  • Fat 8.2g
  • Satfat 2.2g
  • Monofat 3g
  • Polyfat 1.9g
  • Protein 31.2g
  • Carbohydrate 19g
  • Fiber 0.2g
  • Cholesterol 95mg
  • Iron 2.4mg
  • Sodium 241mg
  • Calcium 37mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400°.

Step 2

Remove and discard giblets from the chicken. Rinse chicken with cold water; pat dry. Trim excess fat. Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat.

Step 3

Combine honey and remaining ingredients. Rub honey mixture under loosened skin and over breast and drumsticks. Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under chicken.

Step 4

Place chicken, breast side up, on a foil-lined broiler pan. Pierce skin several times with a meat fork. Insert meat thermometer into meaty part of thigh, making sure not to touch bone. Bake at 400° for 30 minutes; cover loosely with foil. Bake an additional 40 minutes or until the thermometer registers 180°. Let stand for 10 minutes. Discard skin.

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Ratings & Reviews

AltheaVet's Review

erindiane
September 13, 2012
Well, that other person may not have loved it but I sure did. I used a vertical roaster and put some yellow onions in the bottom to catch the juice. The flavor penetrated into the meat perfectly and the skin was crisp and full of flavor (I know you are supposed to discard the skin but can't bring myself to do it.) Very easy to make and very flavorful!

erindiane's Review

AltheaVet
April 05, 2009
This was okay. It was easy (though a little messy) and I ended up with some nice, juicy chicken. But I was expecting to love the honey-orange-cumin rub, and I didn't. The orange overwhelmed all the other flavors. I might try again with less orange zest and more garlic.