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Chicken Diable

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Savor the delicious chicken diable recipe, a vintage dish from the 1960s that combines honey, mustard, and curry for an unforgettable flavor.

Ingredients

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  • 1 (3-pound) frying chicken*
  • 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup wet mustard
  • 1 teaspoon curry powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. Cut frying chicken into large pieces.
  2. Melt butter and add honey, mustard, curry powder and salt. Coat chicken pieces with the sauce and place in a baking pan (do not stack).
  3. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours, tightly covered.
  4. Serve over hot, cooked rice.

Notes

* or 3 pounds chicken legs and thighs or chicken breasts with skin

This recipe is from the Rita Davenport television show in Phoenix, Arizona, in the 1980s.

Find it online: https://simplygreatrecipes.com/chicken-diable/