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Clay Pot Honey Lemon Chicken
Category: Main Course, Chicken
Serves: 4
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Ingredients:
1 (3-1/2 lb.) fryer chicken 1/4 c. plus 2 T. fresh lemon juice, reserve shell 1-3/4 t. salt 1/2 t. freshly ground black pepper 1 T. melted butter plus 4 T. softened at room temperature 2/3 c. honey 1-1/2 T. soy sauce 4 T. all-purpose flour
Directions:
Prepare clay roaster by soaking in cold water for 15 minutes. Wash the chicken inside and out with cool running water and pat dry. Rub chicken all over with 2 T. lemon juice and season all over with salt and pepper. Put the lemon shell in the cavity. Place the chicken in the clay pot and brush with melted butter. Cover and place in cold oven. Set the oven to 400°F and cook 45 minutes. Combine the remaining 1/4 c. lemon juice, honey and soy sauce in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until heated through. In a small bowl make a paste from the remaining 4 T. butter and flour. Whisk the butter-flour mixture into the melted honey-lemon-soy mixture and continue to cook unitl the suace has thickened slightly. Remove the cooker from the oven and pour the honey-butter mixture over the chicken. Cover and roast 45 minutes more. Transfer chicken to a carving board, cut into pieces, and serve with sauce.