Golden-crusted caramel chicken in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake a caramel chicken with a golden crust in the oven? To do this, you will need a minimum set of ingredients. You can replace the chicken with turkey. But keep in mind that in this case, the cooking time and calorie content of the dish will change.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the chicken and dry it with paper towels. No moisture should remain on the carcass, otherwise the marinade will drain from the skin without lingering.

3. Step 3:

   

   Now prepare the marinade. Honey needs liquid, unsaccharified. If the honey is candied, melt it on the stove or in the microwave. You can take any honey, but it is desirable that it be thicker and darker. I have buckwheat. In a bowl, mix liquid honey, soy sauce, wine vinegar, brown sugar and spices. Spices can be used ready-made for poultry or make your own mixture of hops-suneli, a mixture of ground peppers, paprika, curry and dried garlic.

4. Step 4:

   

   Whisk everything with a fork until smooth and the sugar is completely dissolved. If desired, the marinade can be boiled over low heat so that it becomes viscous. Usually, vegetable oil is added to such marinades. But because of the fat content, it does not combine well with the rest of the ingredients and does not linger on the chicken, flowing down. And we need to ensure that the marinade stays on the skin.

6. Step 5:

   

   Using a brush, brush the chicken with marinade inside and out. Leave to marinate for at least 30 minutes, preferably for 1 hour. Transfer the chicken to a baking dish and brush with marinade again. Leave a little marinade to lubricate the bird in the process. To prevent the wings from burning when baking, wrap them in foil.

7. Step 6:

   

   Bake in a preheated 180 °C oven for about 1.5 hours. Focus on the features of your oven. From time to time, lubricate the bird with marinade from a bowl or from the bottom of the mold. The secret of a beautiful uniform caramel crust is frequent greasing with marinade and turning the bird with different sides.

8. Step 7:

   

   The marinade keeps much better on hot poultry, it gradually turns the chicken golden brown, and sugar and honey form a beautiful caramel crust. The exact baking time depends on the weight of your bird and the characteristics of your oven. Transfer the finished chicken to a platter. Garnish with grapes, tangerines cut in half and mint. Bon appetit!