Be creative and adapt recipes to suit what you have in your fridge and store cupboard and add the extras you need like meat and fish.
Sticky orange chicken traybake
Total Time: 1 hour | Serves 4
Traybakes make brilliantly easy midweek meals and this crispy chicken recipe is no exception! Coated in a sticky soy, honey and orange glaze, it’s easy to throw together, yet tastes amazing.
Ingredients
4 skin-on, bone in chicken thighs
4 skin-on, bone in chicken drumsticks
2 tbsp vegetable oil
400g broccoli cut into florets (add in the stalk pealed and cut into strips too)
300g peppers cut into strips
15 baby potatoes, cut in halves or quarters
For the glaze
2 oranges, zested and juiced
4 tbsp clear honey
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
4 tbsp chilli sauce (to taste)
4 tbsp rice vinegar
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 tbsp ginger paste or 2cm piece fresh ginger, minced
To garnish
A small handful fresh coriander, roughly chopped
4 spring onions, sliced
Method
Heat the oven to 180°C fan / 200°C / Gas Mark 6.Using a sharp knife, make a couple of shallow cuts in each chicken piece. Place the chicken into a roasting tray with the potato chunks.
In a small bowl, stir together all of the glaze ingredients until smooth. Spoon half of the glaze over the chicken and potato, turning everything so it’s evenly coated. Set the remaining glaze aside.
Arrange the chicken skin-side up, season with a little salt and pepper, then drizzle with the oil to help the skin turn golden and crisp. Roast for 20 minutes.
Remove the tray from the oven and brush the chicken with a little more of the reserved glaze. Return to the oven for 15 minutes.
Toss the broccoli and pepper strips through the remaining glaze, adding a little salt and pepper to season. Add the glazed vegetables to the roasting tray around the chicken and scatter over half of the spring onions.
Cook for a final 15 minutes, or until the chicken is thoroughly cooked and the vegetables are tender.Finish with the remaining spring onions and a generous sprinkling of freshly chopped coriander. Serve on its own or with fluffy rice, if preferred.
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