Chicken With Honey

Submitted by Leslie

"This dish is a native of Africa. The chicken and honey mix to make a wonderful dish. Hope you enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 onions, chopped
• 1 cup slivered almonds
• 2 teaspoons low-fat margarine
• salt & pepper
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 1⁄2 cups low-fat chicken broth
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 teaspoon fresh basil
• 1⁄2 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

directions

1. In pan, heat butter and oil.
2. Brown chicken in this mixture.
3. Season with salt & pepper if desired, remove.
4. In remaining fat, cook onion and garlic until clear.
5. Add ground or crushed almonds, basil, pepper, and honey and cook, stirring, until mixture is well blended.
6. Combine broth and cornstarch and add to pan; cook, stirring, over high heat until sauce thickens.
7. Remove from heat, stir in lemon juice.
8. Place chicken in a casserole dish, spooning sauce over.
9. Bake, covered, at 350 degrees for 1 hour, or until chicken is tender.

Reviews

[mummamills]

this is a lovely, easy recipe. Made as written, maybe cooked a little longer, and the chicken was moist and tender, the sauce complimenting it wonderfully.<br/>Made for Aussie swap July 2010

 

[Sydney Mike]

When I made this the other day I did cut it in half & that was enough for 2 of us plus a bit left over to take to work in a rice salad the next day! We very much enjoyed the flavors in this chicken dish, & I'll definitely be keeping the recipe around! The only simple change I made was to use lemon pepper in place of the usual S&P! I think what really made this a hit for us was the use of the fresh basil & a dark & flavorful wild flower honey! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Made & reviewed while touring with ZWT6]

 

[Zach 3]

I followed the recipe exactly and wanted dissapointed in the amount of flavor. I was expected something a little more bold. A little garlic salt on the finished product helped a great deal, but I think I might work in a bit more spice in the original recipe if I made it again.

 

[Chef Miranda Lou]

This wasn't my favorite dish. I thought that it smelled worse than it tasted. My husband thought it smelled wonderful though. We liked the chicken but we didn't like the sauce enough to eat it with rice.

 

[HSingARMYmom]

Excellent recipe. My kids and I are experimenting with different world cuisines and decided to try this. Everyone loved it! I made a couple of small changes but kept to the recipe pretty closely - I chopped the chicken into bite sized pieces before cooking and substituted 1/2 tsp. dried basil (dried from the gardent this summer) for the fresh. We served it over couscous and with honey glazed baby carrots. Very, very good!