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bonnie's honeyed chicken with lemon butter sauce

(14 ratings)
Recipe by
BonniE !
Cottonwood, CA

This is an easy, delicious, no-fuss way to prepare chicken thighs. You can also use a cut-up chicken or chicken tenders. The honey lemon butter sauce really kicks it up a notch. Leftovers make great chicken sandwiches, so you get two meals from one.

(14 ratings)
yield 8 pieces of chicken
prep time 10 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For bonnie's honeyed chicken with lemon butter sauce

  • FLOUR MIXTURE:
  • 1
    cup flour
  • 2
    teaspoons salt
  • 1/2
    teaspoon black pepper
  • 2
    teaspoons paprika
  • 8
    skinless, boneless thighs (you can also use a cut up chicken, or chicken tenders, make pieces uniform in size)
  • 2
    tablespoons butter melted in 13x9 inch pan
  • chopped parsley if desired for garnish
  • SAUCE:
  • 1/4
    cup honey
  • 1/4
    cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/4
    cup real butter (you can use margarine)

How To Make bonnie's honeyed chicken with lemon butter sauce

  • 1
    DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Dredge chicken pieces in flour mixture of salt, pepper and paprika in a pie pan. Melt the butter in a 9x13 baking pan and add pieces of floured chicken in a single layer, turning chicken to coat with butter, plump side facing down.
  • 2
    Bake for 30 minutes, then turn the chicken, plump side facing up, and pour the sauce over it. Bake 30 minutes more until golden brown.
  • 3
    Spoon butter mixture over the chicken (garnish with parsley if desired) and serve. Use leftovers for chicken sandwiches the next day. Enjoy!
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