Currant Glazed Chicken Recipes

RED CURRANT GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat the jelly and water in a small saucepan over medium heat until melted and smooth.
• Remove from heat.
• Let cool until it is only slightly warm and then glaze the fruit or tart crust, using a pastry brush.

CURRANT-GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Rinse chicken; pat dry.
• In a small bowl stir together garlic, gingerroot, salt and pepper. Rub on skin of chicken and inside the body cavity too.
• Skewer neck skin to back. Tie legs together with string. Tuck wings under back. Prick skin with a fork.
• Place chicken breast side up, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
• 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.
• Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine jelly, honey, lemon peel and soy sauce. Cook and stir until jelly melts.
• Brush chicken with about 1/4 of the jelly mixture during the last 10 minutes of roasting.
• 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.
• Serve remaining jelly mixture warm with chicken.