Currant-Glazed Chicken Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Currant-Glazed Chicken
Add your photo!
Count
Calories
Minutes

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
  2. Rinse chicken; pat dry.
  3. In a small bowl stir together garlic, gingerroot, salt and pepper. Rub on skin of chicken and inside the body cavity too.
  4. Skewer neck skin to back. Tie legs together with string. Tuck wings under back. Prick skin with a fork.
  5. Place chicken breast side up, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
  6. Insert a meat thermometer into center of thigh muscle. Do not touch bone. Put chicken in oven to roast for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
  7. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine jelly, honey, lemon peel and soy sauce. Cook and stir until jelly melts.
  8. Brush chicken with about 1/4 of the jelly mixture during the last 10 minutes of roasting.
  9. Chicken is done when thermometer reads 180°F and drumsticks more easily in their sockets. Remove chicken from oven and let stand covered in foil for 10 minutes.
  10. Serve remaining jelly mixture warm with chicken.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 438.62 Kcal (1836 kJ)
Calories from fat 95.44 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.6g 16%
Cholesterol 693.1mg 231%
Sodium 420.53mg 18%
Potassium 623.24mg 13%
Total Carbs 34.07g 11%
Sugars 26.44g 106%
Dietary Fiber 0.16g 1%
Protein 47.98g 96%
Vitamin C 43.9mg 73%
Vitamin A 7.9mg 265%
Iron 16mg 89%
Calcium 32.5mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 141.66 Kcal (593 kJ)
Calories from fat 30.82 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3.42g 16%
Cholesterol 223.85mg 231%
Sodium 135.82mg 18%
Potassium 201.28mg 13%
Total Carbs 11g 11%
Sugars 8.54g 106%
Dietary Fiber 0.05g 1%
Protein 15.5g 96%
Vitamin C 14.2mg 73%
Vitamin A 2.6mg 265%
Iron 5.2mg 89%
Calcium 10.5mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.6
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top