Interesting recipe worked! (Mostly!)

[thistlechaser]

When I considered this recipe, I worried people would say "What were you thinking?!" if it failed.

Incredible Chicken:

1 (4 pound) chicken, cut into pieces
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 cup brown sugar

Bake at 375 for about an hour.

Since I'm just one person, I used one chicken bone-in breast (man, breasts are massive nowadays! ...no comments!). Based on the recipe comments, I covered it for the first half-hour, then uncovered it until it reached 165 (about another half-hour).

While it was tender and really really moist, it was a touch bland. (Seriously, it was barely sweet at all!) Still, it was good enough that I ate the whole thing, and I rarely eat a whole breast (...so much comment-potential in this post!).

I have another breast waiting in the fridge, so I think I'll do this again tomorrow night. I want to try uncovered longer so the skin gets more crispy, though I worry about the sugar burning (when I took the pan out of the oven, the fluid in the bottom was bubbling and just starting to turn back). A lot more garlic salt this time, too!

All in all, it was totally worth eating. Mmmm.

Comments

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Would this be good with a ton of garlic powder and a bit of salt or garlic salt? I usually like my food with huge amounts of seasonings though not necessarily overly salty.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Some of the comments said they did that instead, so I'd think so! (And some added a whole bunch of other spices as well. One said adding ginger made it sort of oriental-y, which seems like it would be good!)