Sticky roast chicken thighs with carrot, sweetcorn and herb salad
- Published: 31 Jul 13
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
A simple roast recipe using chicken thighs, served with a quick and easy salad, makes a mid-week meal.
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Serves 2
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Takes 15 min to make, 25 min to cook
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Ingredients
- 100ml Jack Daniel’s Smokey Sweet Barbecue Glaze (widely available), or similar
- 150g Birds Eye Field Fresh Supersweet Sweetcorn, defrosted, or similar
- 50g pea shoots (widely available), or similar
- 4 free-range chicken thighs, skin on
- 1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra to drizzle
- 2 tsp cider vinegar
- Squeeze of clear honey
- Juice of ½ lime
- 2 large carrots, shaved into ribbons using a vegetable peeler
- Handful of fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped
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Method
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/fan200°C/gas 7. In a bowl, toss the chicken pieces in the barbecue sauce until well coated. Transfer to a roasting tray and drizzle with a little olive oil. Roast for 25 minutes until sticky on the outside and cooked through.
- Meanwhile, make the dressing: mix the cider vinegar with the honey in a small bowl, gradually whisk in 1 tbsp olive oil, then squeeze in the lime juice and season well.
- In a medium bowl, mix the defrosted sweetcorn with the carrot ribbons, then toss with the pea shoots, mint and dressing.
- Remove the chicken from the oven, rest for 5 minutes, then slice into large chunks and serve with the salad.
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- Recipe from August 2013 Issue
delicious. tips
Next time… Coarsely mash 300g sweetcorn, heat in a small pan with a little butter, then serve with the chicken
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I love this recipe because it is a family favourite that the kids really enjoy.