Honey Brined Chicken
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Recipe type: Main, Chicken
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Serves: serves 4-6
 
Ingredients
  • 6 cups water
  • ½ cup coarse salt
  • ½ cup honey
  • 1 whole chicken, cut into parts
  • pepper
  • ½ cup honey
  • 2 tablespoons bourbon
Preparation Instructions
  1. Bring water, salt, and honey to a simmer in a medium-size saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring until salt dissolves. Let cool completely.
  2. Place chicken in a plastic ziptop bag and pour cooled brine over top.
  3. Refrigerate, covered, for 2 to 3 hours.
  4. Remove meat from brine, rinse under cold water, and pat dry with a paper towel.
  5. Season with pepper.
  6. Grilled over medium heat until internal temperature reaches 165˚.
  7. Combine the ½ cup honey and bourbon and brush on chicken at the end of grilling, turning and basting for the last 10 minutes or so of grilling.
Recipe by Foods of Our Lives at https://www.foodsofourlives.com/2011/04/honey-brined-chicken/