Chinese Roast Chicken

Ingredients

3 tbsp Chinese rice wine
3 tbsp honey
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp white pepper
1 roasting chicken (1.3-1.6 kg), cleaned

Preparation

Mix all ingredients but the chicken in a bowl. Place the chicken in a resealable plastic bag. Pour the marinade into the bag and seal. Place in refrigerator for up to two hours, turning occasionally. Preheat oven to 180. Remove chicken from bag, reserving the marinade. Place chicken on a rack in a roasting pan, breast side up, and roast for 35 minutes, basting occasionally with the marinade. When the chicken begins to brown, cover it loosely with tinfoil. Turn the chicken and roast for another 35 minutes, basting occasionally. Turn again and roast until the meat near the bone is no longer pink when cut, about another 20 minutes.