Golden crispy hen, baked within the oven and smothered in a lip-smacking sizzling honey sauce. I can not get sufficient of this spicy hen!
The hen is coated in a tasty spice combine, together with my secret weapon for additional flavourful crispness! No it isn’t panko…..
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Ever since our journey to Nashville within the Summer season, I have been obsessive about sizzling hen.
Chris and I ate a lot at one sitting at Hattie B’s that we might barely transfer for the remainder of the day!
Though they did not have sizzling honey sauce on the the menu there, I have been making sizzling honey sauce at house for ages! It is such a great drizzle sauce for hen and salmon that it is troublesome NOT to serve it up with each meal!
So that is my model – crispy hen, baked within the oven so we do not have to get oil splashed in every single place, and straightforward sizzling honey sauce.
The hen is coated in crushed cornflakes, which, if you have not tried earlier than, works brilliantly, to get that comparable crunch you’d get if you happen to fried the hen.
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Full recipe with detailed steps within the recipe card on the finish of this publish.
👩🍳PRO TIP I like to combine the crushed cornflakes with 2-3 tablespoons of oil earlier than coating the hen. This evenly distributes the oil on the coating, so that you get good crispness throughout.
🍽️ What to serve it with
Why coat the hen in cornflakes?
The crushed up cornflakes gives the proper crunch you’d get with fried hen, the proper golden color (which is troublesome to get if you happen to’re utilizing panko) and further depth of flavour.
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Scorching Honey Hen
Golden crispy hen, baked within the oven and smothered in a lip-smacking sizzling honey sauce. I can not get sufficient of this spicy hen!
INSTRUCTIONS
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Preheat the oven to 200C/400f (fan) and line a big baking sheet with baking parchment
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Slice the hen breasts in half, horizontally, to create 8 skinny/flat hen steaks
4 hen breasts
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Add the flour, salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika and thyme to a shallow bowl and blend collectively.
90 g (¾ cup) plain (all-purpose) flour, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon black pepper, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon paprika, 1 teaspoon dried thyme
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Add the eggs to a second bowl.
2 eggs
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Add the crunched cornflakes to a 3rd bowl.
150 g (5 cups) cornflakes
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Drizzle the oil over the cornflakes and stir collectively till the oil is absorbed.
3 tablespoons impartial oil
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Dredge the hen breast items by way of the flour combination, then the eggs, then the cornflake combination. Make sure the hen breasts are utterly coated with the flour, eggs and cornflakes.
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Place the hen breasts on the ready baking sheet in a single layer.
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Place within the oven and cook dinner for 20-25 minutes, till the hen is cooked by way of and golden.
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Whereas the hen is within the oven, make the sauce.
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Place the entire sauce substances in a small saucepan, and warmth over a medium warmth, stirring often, till the butter melts. Flip off the warmth.
180 ml (½ cup) runny honey, 3 tablespoons sizzling pepper sauce, 2 tablespoon unsalted butter, ½ teaspoon smoked paprika, ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper, ½ teaspoon garlic powder
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When the hen is prepared, take away from the oven and divide between plates. Drizzle with a bit of the new honey sauce, and serve with the remaining sizzling honey sauce. I like to complete with a sprinkle of Maldon salt and serve with some pickles too.
Maldon salt flakes, pickled gherkins
✎ Notes
Hen:
You may make crispy hen and bake it forward of time, then cool, cowl and refrigerate for as much as 2 days (or save leftovers on this manner).
I do not advocate refrigerating the hen raw (the cornflakes will go mushy).
Reheat the hen uncovered, in a single layer, on a baking tray, within the oven at 180C/350F (fan) for 15-20 minutes, till piping sizzling all through.
Alternatively, reheat within the air fryer at 180C/350F for 10-12 minutes, unti piping sizzling all through. If air frying, test a few occasions throughout cooking, to make sure the coating does not burn.
Sauce:
Cool, cowl and refrigerate the sauce for as much as every week. Reheat in a pan, stirring usually till sizzling.
Freezing
Hen:
Make the crispy hen and bake it, then cool, cowl and freeze in a single layer.
Defrost in a single day within the fridge.
Reheat the hen uncovered, in a single layer, on a baking tray, within the oven at 180C/350F (fan) for 15-20 minutes, till piping sizzling all through.
Alternatively, reheat within the air fryer at 180C/350F for 10-12 minutes, till piping sizzling all through. If air frying, test a few occasions throughout cooking, to make sure the coating does not burn.
Sauce:
I do not advocate freezing this sauce.
Cooking the hen within the Air fryer
First guarantee your air fryer is massive sufficient for 8 hen steaks. The hen can overlap a bit, however you do not need to stack them in a giant pile. My air fryer is pretty small, so I’ve to do that in 2 batches to cook dinner the 8 hen steaks. So it really takes much less time general to cook dinner within the oven.
Cook dinner at 180C/350F for 13-16 minutes, till the hen is piping sizzling all through and not pink within the center. Verify a few occasions throughout cooking, to make sure the coating does not burn. You could want to show to make sure even cooking.
Dietary info is approximate, per serving, primarily based on this recipe serving 4 folks (two hen steaks every) and INCLUDES the new honey sauce.
Vitamin
Energy: 794kcalCarbohydrates: 104gProtein: 46gFats: 23gSaturated Fats: 6gPolyunsaturated Fats: 5gMonounsaturated Fats: 10gTrans Fats: 0.3gLdl cholesterol: 209mgSodium: 1105mgPotassium: 851mgFiber: 3gSugar: 57gVitamin A: 1516IUVitamin C: 18mgCalcium: 41mgIron: 14mg
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