Roast chicken legs and plums

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Takes 10 minutes to make, 30-35 minutes to cook
  • Difficulty: easy

Got a glut of plums? Lucky you! The plums in this roast chicken recipe give the meat a delicious fruity, sticky flavour – best eaten with your fingers.

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Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp runny honey
  • 3 tbsp grainy mustard
  • 1 whole large free-range chicken, jointed into 8 pieces
  • 2 red onions, cut into wedges
  • 6 plums, halved and stoned
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Small bunch of fresh thyme, leaves stripped
  • 15g unsalted butter
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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. Mix the honey and mustard together in a small bowl, then brush all over the pieces of chicken. Season.
  2. Mix the onion wedges and plum halves together in a roasting tin with the olive oil, fresh thyme leaves and some seasoning. Dot over the butter and top with the chicken pieces (skin-side up).
  3. Roast in the oven for 35-40 minutes until the chicken is cooked through, sticky and golden. Serve with creamy mash.
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Nutrition

  • 410kcals Calories
  • 15g (4.7g saturated) Fat
  • 52.9g Protein
  • 17.1g (14.8g sugars) Carbs
  • 0.9g Salt

Quick wins & tips

Rub grated fresh ginger and Chinese five-spice into the chicken instead of honey and mustard for an Oriental twist. Drizzle plum sauce over the plums and onion. Roast as above.

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OlgaConstantinova

I love this recipe because it combines the sofistication of taste (sour- sweet -savoury) and great appeal

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