Pomegranate Chicken recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups pomegranate juice
¼ cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
2 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 lime
1 (4 pound) whole chicken
½ small onion
1 ¼ teaspoons salt, divided
1 bay leaf
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon dried rosemary

Nutrition Info

571.5 calories
carbohydrate: 37 g
cholesterol: 191.4 mg
fat: 17 g
fiber: 0.8 g
protein: 64.2 g
saturatedFat: 4.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 928.3 mg
sugar: 30.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

  2. Stir pomegranate juice, brown sugar, vinegar, and garlic together in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture is reduced to 3/4 cup, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and discard garlic, then stir in lime juice and let cool 5 minutes. Set aside 6 tablespoons pomegranate syrup.

  3. Poke several holes in lime with a fork and insert into chicken cavity along with onion, 1/2 teaspoon salt, bay leaf, pepper, and rosemary. Tie legs together with kitchen string, sprinkle skin with remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt, then transfer chicken, breast side up, to a roasting pan.

  4. Roast chicken, basting with pomegranate syrup every 20 minutes, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest parts of all pieces registers 165 degrees F, about 1 hour total. Let chicken rest 10 minutes before carving. Serve drizzled with reserved pomegranate syrup.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

Basting a chicken with a sweet pomegranate reduction makes a lovely dish for Seder.

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