Honey is one of my secret weapons when I want to add a little sweetness to my cooking. I may add a few drops to a vinaigrette, stir a spoonful into yogurt, and love it atop of fried ripe plantains! When dessert time rolls around, honey can be used with a light hand to season fruit salads and fruit tarts or can be drizzled over fresh cheese.
Honey-Lime Shredded Chicken and Giveaway
Ingredients
- 3 large boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 and ½ pounds)
- 2 cups chicken stock divided
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons of white honey I used Heavenly Organics raw white honey
- ¼ cup of fresh cilantro leaves
- 2 scallions chopped
- Juice of one lime
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 garlic clove minced
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Place the chicken and one cup of chicken stock in a medium pot. Cover and cook over medium heat until the chicken is tender, about 1 hour.
- ransfer the chicken to a large plate and use 2 forks to shred the meat. Set aside.
- While the chicken is cooking, make the sauce by blending one cup of chicken broth, honey, cilantro leaves, garlic, lime and scallions until smooth.
- Pour the sauce over the shredded chicken, add the red pepper flakes, salt and black pepper and stir well. Bring back to the stove and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes more. Serve over white rice.
According to the company Heavenly Organics, their honey is different from other organic raw honeys because it comes from naturally-occurring wild beehives found deep within the pristine forests of Northern and Central India and parts of the Himalayan Mountains. That means that neither the hives nor the free-range bees have ever been exposed to pesticides, pollutants, genetically modified crops or antibiotics. They are proud to say that their honey is chemical free.
The recipe I am bringing to you today is very simple to make, healthy and absolutely delicious. To make my Honey-Lime Shredded Chicken I used Heavenly Organics 100% organic raw white honey, which is velvety soft, thick and flowery. This dish turned out amazing and would be a fantastic choice for dinner any day of the week! It will definitely be added to my easy-meal rotation. The flavors are distinct but balance each other nicely while brightening up the dish. You could serve this Honey-Lime Shredded Chicken over rice, pasta or quinoa. I personally love white rice, so the choice was easy for me.
Heavenly Organics is giving away a honey gift set to two lucky winners. For a chance to win a beautiful gift set from Heavenly Organics, leave a comment describing your favorite way to use honey.
Heavenly Organics, manufacturer of 100% organic, raw, pesticide and antibiotic free honey from wild beehives independently lab tests its honey and has been scientifically proven to be clean and contaminant free of pesticides, including glyphosate, and chemical antibiotics. Heavenly Organics is pioneering public education on how these impacts are affecting our food system as well as honeybee colonies nationwide. The Care2 petition creates a call to action directly to the EPA and FDA to ban harmful pesticides and chemical antibiotics contaminating the food supply and destroying bee colonies worldwide.
The Clean Bee campaign, created by Heavenly Organics, was launched via a series of educational and satirical videos starring Benny to Bee and showcasing the negative effects these pesticides and chemical antibiotics are having on not only the bees themselves, but also the contaminated honey people are consuming every day. The second phase of the campaign is where the partnership with Care2 has come into play to turn education into action through their community of concerned citizens. The petition garnered over 60,000 signatures in less than four days and continues to grow.
You can help by signing the petition here asking the FDA and EPA to ban dangerous pesticides and the use of chemical antibiotics.
This is a sponsored post in partnership with Heavenly Organics, however, the recipe and opinions are my own, as always. Thank you for supporting the brands that support My Colombian Recipes.
Thanks for all your comments, here are the two winners: Diana comment #2 and Manda comment #18.
Sandra
I love honey. Sometimes I'll just eat a teaspoon full to satisfy a sweet craving. I love it in salad dressings and as a substitute for granulated sugar in recipes.
Diana Cote
I love to use honey in place of sugar in our home. We use it to sweeten just about everything we would normally use sugar for. We bake, make vinaigrettes, sauces, sweeten drinks, make snack bars and even use it as medicine when we are sick. I also love to use it as a mask every now and again. 🙂
Phyllis Wise
I think I would LOVE to use it in this recipe!
Sharon
I love honey in tea.
Ba Rei
Thank you for your great recipe. I will be making it later this week, and looking forward to serving it to my family.
Re: Heavenly Organics Giveaway - I had no idea that Neem Honey was so good for health! Manuka honey is part of my daily fortifying routine. Thanks to this giveaway, I looked up the benefits of Neem Honey, and cannot wait to try it. With gratitude and kind regards.
Ba Rei
My favorite way to have honey is on organic toasted rosemary olive oil bread, with a homemade spread of honey, Greek yogurt and turmeric. Yellow squash or cucumber slices added for crunch. Thank you for your great recipes and the Heavenly Organics Giveaway opportunity. With thoughts of strength and health.
Heather Lackey
I put honey in my chili.
Olga A. Delmonte-Cardoso
I love honey on my herbal tea. I also love it on a whole wheat toast. At our home we use tons of honey in the flu/cold season. It is an excellent remedy for cold.
Erica, I love your recipes! I love Colombian dishes! I am a Brazilian with a Colombian Mom (from Bogota) who has been in California for over 17 years. Saludos desde Santa Clara.
jackie king
I love to use honey to sweeten my golden milk.
Aida LiPera
hola .... I mixed two parts of mustard with one part of honey to topped baked chicken or salmon. I marinate them overnight too instead of just topped them with it.
Also for a homemade vinaigrette dressing: Olive oil, squeeze of lemon/ lime or orange, honey, salt and pepper to taste.
Thank you
Emily S
I love honey in my oatmeal!
Lynne
My favorite way to use honey is drizzled over Greek yogurt.
Kelly D
I like to add honey to my tea.
Kim Henrichs
I love to put honey on top of my oatmeal!
Brad Roberts
Made this tonight for me and my son...it was delicious! Just curious...what kind of bread is in the photo? Looks tasty
Anonymous
It’s a patacón!!! Made with green plantains!
Brad Roberts
Made this tonight for me and my son...it was delicious! Just curious...what kind of bread is in the photo? Looks tasty
Erica Dinho
It's not bread,it's fried green plantain.
Annette
I need to expand my honey uses, because right now I use it for tea and with peanut butter on toast.
Hannah G
My favorite way to eat honey is in smoothies and in my oatmeal!
manda
I like honey as a sweetner in my dressings but I truly love honey on biscuits.
sillygirl
Honey is a must-have with peanut butter on toast.
Marilyn Alvarez
I use honey in teas or on crackers! Super yummy, I've also have done a few simple cooking recipes as well!
heather s
I use it in my smoothie to make it a bit sweeter and hide some of the veggie taste
Alicia Schultz
I love to use honey to sweeten my hot tea!!
David
I like honey on a peanut butter sandwich. I also like honey on fresh home made biscuits.
Chris
I always put honey on our ribs at BBQ competitions. We put it on with a few other items while the ribs are wrapped in foil for 45 minutes during the cook, it gives them that little something extra.
Carol Johnson
I just love it on my buttered toast.
Michele Cupp
I love to use honey on my bagel in the morning
Vunda V
i use honey all the time! I add it to my homemade soaps and to my smoothies
Laura A
I use honey with everything! In smoothies, for pancakes, baking, even beef & broccoli stir fry!
As a Colombian expat, thank you so much for posting all these recipes!
Leigh Anne Uribe
I love a good peanut butter and honey sandwich, but in recent years I've been reluctant to use honey precisely because I fear it is impure or contaminated. So I would love to win this set.
Becky T
Honey is always on the table. In the winter months I use it in a special tea I mix called Witches Hill Tea. Its a blend of Black Tea, Rosemary and Lavender Tea. Brewed strong for chest and sinus and cold issues and served with a raw honey local to your area and a squeeze of lemon.
Cindy McL
I use honey daily, in a drizzle over my greek yogurt in the morning. But my favorite way to use it is for dipping my pizza crusts in it- apparently it's a very Colorado thing to do, and it's even better when there's a bit of garlic and spice on the crust too!
Katrina Zartman
Most frequently, I put honey in a steaming cup of chai tea latte. The idea of putting honey on fried plantain sounds novel. We've baked the plantain with guava paste and white cheese as a dessert, but never just honey. Maybe next time. Thanks for the idea.
latanya
I like using honey on fresh homemade biscuits
Joan Kubes
I use honey in my tea every day and I also have a great recipe for honey sesame chicken.
Vera K
I like to put a little extra honey on my homemade granola.
Judith
to wash my face!
sandra
I use Honey as a sweetener in a lot of recipes
Amy L
I like to use honey in salad dressings, marinades, and basting sauces.
Mel G.
I use honey for tea, yogurt, buffalo wings and even face masks!
Kassandra Pacheco
I love to use honey in my rhubarb crisp dish I make. I also love it for homemade facials.
Carolsue
My favorite way to use honey is to mix in with Greek Yogurt! Also, in honey mustard dressing.
Derek
My love to make ginger ale using honey!