Ginger Honey Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 whole frying chicken, cut in pieces
• salt and pepper
• 4 cups water
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 2 -3 teaspoons ground ginger powder
• 2 -3 cups brown sugar
• 1 -1 1/2 cup liquid honey
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons cold water

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 425 degrees.
• 2 grease a large cookie sheet with cooking spray.
• 3 to prepare the ginger-honey sauce: in a med-large saucepan mix the water, soy sauce, ginger, brown sugar and honey (adjust all ingredients to suit taste); bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes; remove from heat, and set aside.
• 4 (this step may be prepare hours in advance, even in the morning).
• 5 salt and pepper the chicken pieces, and place on the cookie sheet.
• 6 bake chicken for 40 minutes at 425 degrees; remove from oven.
• 7 bring the ginger-honey sauce back to a simmer on top of the stove.
• 8 mix the cornstarch with the cold water to make a paste.
• 9 add to the sauce, and simmer, stirring until thickened (if you prefer a thicker sauce mix more cornstarch with water, and add to the sauce, until reaching the desired thickness).
• 10 transfer the chicken to a large casserole dish.
• 11 pour the sauce over the chicken; mix with a wooden spoon to coat the chicken.
• 12 bake in the oven for about 20 minutes, or until the chicken is very tender -- delicious!
• 13 serve with rice.