This recipe was sent to me by a friend who absolutely loved it. After trying it, I absolutely concur that this is now my favorite pumpkin soup. It is vegan and has a nice, mild flavor thanks to the use of coconut milk in its preparation.
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (4 pound) whole chicken
- salt and pepper to taste
- ½ cup hot pepper jelly
- 1 cup butter
Instructions
- To Prepare Chicken: Remove giblets and set aside for another use. Rinse chicken in cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Pull front skin down over neck cavity and tuck under chicken. Fold wings under breast, and tie legs and tail together securely with kitchen twine or string.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Place chicken on rack in roasting pan. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Melt jelly and 1/2 cup butter or margarine together in a small saucepan or in the microwave. Melt the remaining 1/2 cup butter or margarine separately.
- Bake chicken in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and baste with melted plain butter or margarine. Bake for another 30 minutes, basting often with the plain butter or margarine. Then baste liberally with the melted jelly/butter mixture and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool 10 minutes before cutting and serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 989 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 18 g |
| Cholesterol | 308 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 57 g |
| Saturated Fat | 33 g |
| Sodium | 437 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Fat | 76 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I made this I read the instructions slightly wrong and I used two small hens instead . I made it along with green bean bacon cheese casserole with sweet potato casserole for dinner for my fiancee and our one year old daughter was not hard to make and it smells so good . and it’s so tender n juicy.
A friend of mine makes homemade Fiyah Jelly which is what I used for this recipe. Perfect! My husband said it was the best chicken I’ve made (I don’t cook much). I’ll make it again.
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Great recipe! I cut up my whole bird so I could take some in my lunch box. Did not use 1 cup butter to 1/2 cup Pepper jelly but used 1 to 1 ratio, seemed like too much butter to me. Turned out perfect!! Used some our homemade Blackberry & Jalapeno jelly, will definitely use this recipe again. Dan, Canby OR
real good idea, but it just didn’t produce the results I thought I would get. The butter and jelly did nothing for the chicken or the skin, they did look pretty (I baked 2) I even saved the drippings from the pan and thought that would have some flavor, but not. Won’t waste my jelly.
This recipe calls for more butter and jelly than are really necessary. The cooking time is also off a bit. My chicken was almost exactly 4 lbs, but took an extra half hour (at least) to test done. The resulting chicken was tasty, but I don’t know that I’ll make it again.
Of course it was a bit messy but that’s half the fun! We loved it. I did cut out the butter. My hot pepper jelly is thick and I think it sticks to the chicken a bit better (that did help with the mess later). I also cook it on a boiler rack in the oven so the mess drips into the water. I saved some jelly to recoat with about 10-15 min of cook time left.
Matthew and I loved this recipe. I sustituted a mango chutney from India for the jelly and Smart Balance for butter. Yum. We also a California oaked chardonnay with it and it was excellent. Definetly going in my recipe box.
Simple and great flavor!
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this was great, but i changed up how i cooked it. instead of a whole chicken, i used cut-up chicken breast and cooked it in a skillet. when it was done i then put the jelly and butter in, but i only used a little more than half a cup of butter,i let it boil down in the skillet until the meat had a glossy finish on it,and then served it over asian style (stir fry) veggies, it was awesome!
I loved it! I had to change a few things but it turned out delicious! I Used 4 Thighs and breasts with skin on and when i melted the jelly and butter I reduced it down a little by letting it simmer for 5 minutes before basting. I also put alluminium foil down to make clean up easier- I don’t know if that added to the crisp skin. All and all great! Thank!
Quick and so easy I changed it a little… I used chicken tenders (breast) that were skinned & boneless. I put them in a pampered chef baker and poured jelly over chicken and cubed butter. Covered and baked for an hour 1/2. Took cover off to brown for the last 10 minutes or so. My family loved it! Tender and the sauce cooked right into the meat! Yummy thank you 🙂
I thought this was really delicious and super easy! My parents make pepper jelly every year around Christmas and we always have a ton left over. I spotted this recipe and thought it was a good way to use up some of the excess. This recipe was really just supposed to be about using up what I had in the pantry and so I was pleasantly surprised when it turned out delicious. It wasn’t spicy at all (although I’ve never found the jelly to be very spicy), it was mostly just sweet and buttery. If you are craving a spicy chicken recipe, this will not be it. It was a delicious recipe and hard to screw up. A+
for all of those who say its not spicy enough, here is what i did i used a pack of fresh chicken breast strips melted one stick of butter added one jar of jelly, added garlic powder salt and pepper poured on chicken and baked covered very spicy!!
For some reason, I thought this would taste more spicy and better than it did. My husband and I liked it very much and I have written on the recipe that next time I make your recipe that I will double the sauce. I’d like to thank you for posting this recipe. It tasted very good.
I won’t ever make a while chicken again. It was gross to clean out and up the chicken like that… next time, I’n just doing breast! BUT- the taste was good!
I really didn’t care for this and neither did my husband. Chicken needs to be baked a little longer (I ended up zapping mine in the microwave)
I really didn’t care for this and neither did my husband. Chicken needs to be baked a little longer (I ended up zapping mine in the microwave)
Family was not a fan. Too sweet, was expecting a little bite. Cook time seemed insufficient as well. Followed recipe as written. Meh.
I just canned some homade pepper jelly last week, and then found this recipe. I whipped up some more jelly just for this recipe. Thanks, I wasn’t sure how it would taste, but it was great. And to the reviewer having problems.Its a basting thing!