New Year, New Recipes - Lemon Honey Chicken

Unbeknownst to me, apparently I decided I would kick off the new year with all kinds of new and tasty recipes. It took me about a week into 2012 before I realized this was my plan but so far, I've kept up with it. Because of the lemon tree that just keeps kicking out lemons, we started the year with a lemon chicken recipe courtesy of my wonderful neighbor!


Lemon Honey Chicken

1 lemon
1 whole roasting chicken
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup honey

1. Rinse/clean chicken. Pierce lemon with fork and shove up the chicken's butt (ok, place in chicken cavity but whatever). Put chicken/lemon, laying down, into slow cooker.
2. Combine orange juice and honey. Pour over chicken.
3. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. Just before serving, remove lemon and squeeze over chicken but be careful, it'll be hot!
4. Carve chicken and serve. We loved it with wild rice and green beans.

AEM