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Baste & Bake Chicken (Inspired By Boston Chicken)

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Submitted by tlynn21

Baste and Bake Chicken inspired by Boston Chicken uses a honey-lime-paprika basting sauce on bone-in chicken breasts, baked uncovered until deeply browned. The foil-rest step keeps every bite juicy.

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

20 min

COOK

40 min

READY

60 min

This copycat chicken recipe nails what made Boston Market’s rotisserie chicken so satisfying: a lacquered, mahogany-brown exterior and impossibly juicy meat. The basting sauce is simple, oil, honey, lime juice, and paprika, but the technique is everything.

The sauce gets warmed first to melt and thin the honey so it coats the chicken evenly rather than sitting in sticky clumps. Four basting sessions over 35-40 minutes of baking build up the glaze gradually, so each pass adds another layer of browning. No flipping: the chicken stays skin-side up the entire time, which concentrates all that gorgeous color on top.

The foil-rest step immediately after the oven is not optional. Sealing the dish in foil for 10-15 minutes lets the internal temperature equalize and the juices redistribute. Skip it and you’ll get drier chicken.

Kitchen Tips

  • Baste every 8-10 minutes on a schedule; set a timer so you don’t lose track
  • The skin should be visibly golden and lacquered by the final basting pass before the oven comes out
  • Paprika adds color as much as flavor; smoked paprika makes a nice swap
  • Seasoned salt is marked optional but adds depth; regular salt works fine if that’s what you have

Variations

  • Add a teaspoon of soy sauce to the basting mixture for deeper savory notes
  • Substitute orange juice for lime juice for a sweeter, citrusy glaze

Ingredients

¼ 59
CUP ML CANOLA OIL
1 15
TABLESPOON ML HONEY
1 15
TABLESPOON ML LIME JUICE
¼ 1.3
TEASPOON ML PAPRIKA
1
X SEASONED SALT
optional *
2 2
EACH EACH CHICKEN BREAST
cut in half

Directions

Mix ingredients together and warm them in small pan or in microwave just to melt and thin the honey in the mixture. Arrange 4 chicken breast halves skin-side up in a 9” square baking dish sprayed with vegetable oil. Bake uncovered at 400’F. about 35 to 40 minutes, basting pieces in the marinade without turning them, every 8 to 10 minutes or until nicely browned.

Immediately upon removing from the oven, seal the dish in foil and let stand 10 to 15 minutes.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 66g (2.3 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 207 66% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 15g 23%
Saturated Fat 2g 8%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 37mg 12%
Sodium 32mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 2g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars g
Protein 27g
Vitamin A 2% Vitamin C 2%
Calcium 1% Iron 3%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Trans-fat Free, Low Carb, Very low in sodium, Low Sodium
 
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