Cardamom Honey Chicken - Dump and Go Dinner
The aromatic flavors of cardamom, peppercorns, lemons, and honey come together to make roasted chicken hind quarters something worth slowing down to savor. Sweet, tangy, and golden brown, this Cardamom Honey Chicken is nothing short of homemade magic.
Ingredients
- ¼ cups Honey
- 2 tablespoons Sherry Cooking Wine
- 1 teaspoon Cardamom, Ground
- ¾ teaspoons Black Peppercorns #1
- 1 ½ pounds Chicken, Hind Quarters
- ⅛ teaspoons Salt
- ⅛ teaspoons Black Pepper #2
- 1 cup slice Lemon
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Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).
Why would I want to freeze this?
- Combine honey, sherry, cardamom, and peppercorn #1 in a bowl.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
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- Thaw: In fridge
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- Combine honey, sherry, cardamom, and peppercorns #1 in a bowl.
- Place lemon slices in a greased roasting pan.
- Lay the chicken pieces on top. Brush with the marinade. Season generously with salt and pepper #2.
- Place in the oven at 400F and bake until done, approximately 40 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes before serving.
- Pour out drippings from the pan into a gravy boat for gravy.
13 Comments
Join the discussionMy daughter has a citrus allergy, any ideas on what I could use in place of lemons?? Onion maybe?
Yes, onions would make a good bed for the chicken. You could also use carrots, or a combo of carrots and onions.
Leeks, milder than onion
Just wondering if I could use something other than cardamon? It is 14.99 per jar, I really don’t like buying spices that I am only going to use once.
Thanks
Nutmeg, some recipes would list allspice and cinnamon as a substitute for cardamom .
If you have an Indian grocery in your area, you can find whole cardamon pods at a reasonable cost. You’d just have to grind them. And the bonus is that if you have extra pods you can throw them into a pot of rice and they give it a lovely flavor.
is it apple cider vinegar?
Maria – Not vinegar, just apple cider (as in the drink) You could also sub an apple juice if you have that readily on hand as well.
I made this last night and everyone liked it. I added a small jar of blood orange marmalade to the marinade, since I didn’t have any lemons on which to rest the chicken. I didn’t have ground cardamon, so I ground some in a mortar and pestle, but there were still some pretty big pieces. I’d work harder on grinding them next time.
Maybe a dumb question, but you’re supposed to thaw it from frozen before cooking, right?
Yes, you are.
I do not see Apple cider listed in ingredients as mentioned in comments. Did I miss that? This sounds delicious! Can’t wait to try it!
You can use Apple cider instead of the cooking wine if you want!