Oven Fried Chicken with Honey Butter Sauce

Got this recipe from this blog: http://coleensrecipes.blogspot.com/

Colleen has some awesome recipes over there I'm going to start trying soon! This one was a hit today- completely yummy!



1 tender frying chicken, cut up for frying
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons paprika
1/2 cup butter

SAUCE
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup lemon juice (I used pineapple)
(I added a pinch of dry red pepper flakes)

Dip chicken pieces into mixture of flour, salt, pepper, and paprika. Melt one stick butter in a shallow baking pan in a hot oven (400 degrees). Remove pan from oven. Arrange chicken in single layer in pan, turning to coat with butter. Bake skin side down at(400F) 30 minutes. Turn chicken.

For the sauce, melt 1/4 cup butter and add the honey and lemon juice. Pour the sauce over chicken and bake another 30 minutes or until fork-tender. Baste often, with the sauce, during last 15 minutes of baking,

I used 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts instead of a whole chicken. I halved the flour mixture at the top and still had a little extra. They also noted that they can substitute pineapple juice for the lemon juice. I baked the floured chicken breasts 15 minutes at 400F and then covered them with the sauce and baked them for another 15 minutes (basting them with the sauce every 5 minutes or so).

This recipe is so simple yet produces an extremely tender and juicy chicken breast. Can serve with mashed potatoes/rice/or veggies. Yum, yum!