Festive Chicken

Name: Festive Chicken
Ingredients: 4 bacon strips; 2 bone-in chicken breast halves with skin (8 ounces each); 3/4 cup soy sauce; 6 tablespoons sugar; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 2-1/4 teaspoons ground ginger; 1/8 teaspoon paprika; 3 to 4 drops hot pepper sauce

8 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

4 bacon strips
2 bone-in chicken breast halves with skin (8 ounces each)
3/4 cup soy sauce
6 tablespoons sugar
3 garlic cloves, minced
2-1/4 teaspoons ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon paprika
3 to 4 drops hot pepper sauce

Directions

1

Wrap two bacon strips around each chicken breast; place skin side down in a shallow glass baking dish and set aside.
2

In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Pour 2/3 cup marinade over chicken. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade.
3

Drain and discard marinade. Bake at 325° for 50-60 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°, basting occasionally with reserved marinade.