Honey-Baked Chicken
- 3 pounds chicken, whole skinned
- 3/4 cup yellow summer squash shredded
- 3/4 cup zucchini shredded
- 1/2 cup onions chopped
- 1/2 cup celery chopped
- 1 1/4 cups bread crumbs, whole wheat toasted
- 1 each garlic cloves crushed
- 1 each eggs beaten
- 1/4 cup pecans chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 tablespoons apple juice unsweetened
- 2 tablespoons honey
- Discard giblets and neck of chicken.
- Rinse chicken under cold, running water, and pat dry.
- Set aside.
- Coat a large nonstick skillet with Pam, place over med-hi heat until hot.
- Add yellow squash, zucchini, onion, celery, and garlic, and saute until tender-crisp.
- Drain.
- Combine vegetable mixture, breadcrumbs, egg, pecans, salt, and pepper in a med bowl; stir well.
- Place chicken, breast side up, on a rack in a roasting pan that has been coated with Pam.
- Stuff lightly with dressing mixture.
- Truss chicken.
- Combine apple juice and honey, stirring well.
- Brush chicken with half of apple juice-honey mixture.
- Bake at 350F (180C) F for 1 1/2- 2 hours or until drumsticks are easy to move and juices run clear, basting occasionally with remaining apple-honey muixture.
chicken, yellow summer, zucchini, onions, celery, bread crumbs, garlic, eggs, pecans, salt, black pepper, apple juice, honey
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/honey-baked-chicken-39221 (may not work)