Festive Golden Five-Spice Chicken

Chinese five-spice gives this chicken a wonderfully warm, aromatic flavour that adults and children will love

• Cooking Time Prep 15 mins
  Cook 1 hr, 10 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Serves 8

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  394

• Protein

  29g

• Carbs

  9g

• Fat

  26g

• Saturates

  7g

• Fibre

  1g

• Sugar

  7g

• Salt

  2.22g

Ingredients

• 8 chicken thighs and 8 drumsticks, skin on
• 3 spring onions, shredded, to finish
• For the marinade
• 4 tbsp groundnut oil
• 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• finger-length piece fresh root ginger, grated
• 4 tbsp Shaohsing rice wine or dry sherry
• 4 tbsp light soy sauce
• 4 tbsp clear honey
• 4 tsp five spice powder

Directions

1. 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.
2. 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.

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