Caramelised Honey Chicken
This crowd-pleasing honey and soy chicken is great for family meals, buffets and picnics. Serve with rice and salad or steamed greens. 👋 - This recipe benefits from marinading, but is not essential.
Method
Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
👋 - This recipe benefits from marinading but is not essential. Using a sharp knife, score the chicken thighs twice through the skin, season and transfer to a bowl.
Step 2
Whisk the honey with the soy, lemon juice, ketchup, ginger, garlic, chilli flakes and ground fennel seeds. Pour this over the chicken, making sure that each piece is coated, then cover and marinate in the fridge for a minimum of 30 mins or overnight if you have time. Don't worry if you only have time for a short of marinade; the chicken will still have a good flavour from caramelising in the oven.
Step 3
Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Line a large roasting tin with foil and put in the oven to heat up for 10 mins. Gently shake the excess marinade off the chicken thighs, reserving the bowl of leftover marinade, then carefully arrange in a single layer in the hot tin. Drizzle with the oil and roast for 10 mins.
Step 4
Meanwhile, pour the reserved marinade into a small pan and bring to the boil over a medium-low heat, stirring often. Cook for 7-10 mins, or until thick and syrupy.
Step 5
Remove the chicken from the oven and carefully pour any juices from the tin into the pan with the syrupy sauce and continue to cook for 5 mins until the sauce is the consistency of double cream.
Step 6
Spoon the sauce over the chicken, then return the roasting tin to the oven for 10-15 mins more, or until the thighs are sticky and tender, and the juices run clear when pierced with a knife. Slice some spring onions along their length and scrape a knife along the shreds to curl them, if you like, then scatter over the chicken. Serve warm or at room temperature with rice and steamed greens.
- Ingredients
- Based on 4 servings
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0.5tsp Red Chilli Flakes 1x Sainsbury's Crushed Chillies 32g -
8 Skin On Chicken Thighs 1x Sainsbury's British Fresh Chicken Skin on Thighs 2kg -
4 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce 1x Sainsbury's Dark Soy Sauce 150ml -
4 tbsp Honey 1x Sainsbury's Runny Honey 340g -
4 tbsp Lemon Juice 1x Sainsbury's Lemons -
4 tbsp Tomato Ketchup 1x Heinz Tomato Ketchup 300ml -
4 Garlic Cloves, crushed 1x Sainsbury's Garlic -
1 tbsp Sunflower Oil 1x JS Sunflower Oil 1L -
3 Spring Onions, chopped, to serve 1x Sainsbury's Spring Onions Bunch 100g -
30g Ginger, peeled and finely grated 1x Sainsbury's Ginger 100g -
2 Pouches Cooked Rice 2x Ben's Original Classic Long Grain Microwave Rice 220g -
330g Tender Stem Broccoli, or any greens 1x Sainsbury's Tenderstem Broccoli 330g -
2 tsp Fennel Seeds, toasted and ground using a pestle and mortar or spice grinder 1x Sainsbury's Fennel Seed 34g