Festive golden five-spice chicken
Dinner with 9 ingredients.
Servings: 8
Total time: 85 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoon clear honey
- 4 tablespoon shaohsing rice wine or dry sherry
- 6 garlic cloves finely chopped
- 4 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 8 chicken thighs and 8 drumsticks, skin on
- 3 spring onions shredded, to finish
- finger-length piece fresh root ginger grated
- 3-4 tsp five spice powder
- 2-4 tbsp groundnut oil
Method
- Whisk together the marinade ingredients, put the chicken into a dish, then pour over the marinade, mixing to coat. Cover, then chill for at least 20 mins, or up to a day if you have time.
- Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4, and lift the chicken out of the marinade into a roasting tin. Roast for 40 mins, pour over the remaining marinade, then cook for a further 30 mins until golden and sticky. Sprinkle with the spring onion, then serve.