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Honey
Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. This is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primarily floral nectar) or the secretions of other insects, like the honeydew of aphids. This refinement takes place both within individual bees, through regurgitation and enzymatic activity, and during storage in the hive, through water evaporation that concentrates the honey’s sugars until it is thick and viscous. Honey bees stockpile honey in the hive. Within the hive is a structure made from wax called honeycomb.(Wikipedia)
Ingredients
1/3 cup Dijon mustard
1/3 cup honey
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill or 1 tablespoon dried dill
1 teaspoon freshly grated orange peel
1 (2 and 1/2-pound) chicken, quartered
Directions
To make this Honey-Mustard Chicken, preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Combine mustard and honey in a small bowl. Stir in dill and orange peel.
*TIP* Make Ahead
Make the honey-mustard sauce ahead of time as directed. Keep refrigerated until ready to use. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Line a baking sheet with foil. Place chicken, skin-side down, on prepared pan. Brush sauce on top of chicken; coat well.
Turn chicken over. Gently pull back the skin and brush the meat with sauce. Gently pull the skin back over the sauce.
Brush the skin with the remaining sauce. Bake until juices run clear when thickest portion of meat is pierced with a knife, about 30 minutes.
*For an even speedier meal, use skinless chicken breasts. Broil chicken, turning once, until no longer pink, about 15 minutes.
*Make measuring honey easier by spraying the measuring cup with vegetable cooking spray. The honey will not stick to the cup.
Also, try; Herb-Roasted Chicken recipe
