what i made last night ROCKED from teh waitrose circular. SO lovely and fallish
Chinese chicken with plum sauce
1 whole chicken (1.5 kg)
1 tbsp 5 spice powder
1 tbsp groundnut oil
12 plums, halved and seeded
150ml dry sherry
150ml veggie broth
1tbsp clear honey
Mix oil/5 spice and rub on the chicken. Bung the chicken in the oven for 15mins. Cut up 8 of the plums and after 15 mins toss that in the roasting tin with the sherry and broth. Cook until it is half an hour from being done (took me 1.5 hours total so I took out at the hour mark) throw in the rest of the plums
When done, take out chicken to rest, and put roasting tin on hob and cook on high heat, adding 1 tbsp of honey until it makes a sticky sauce
Serve with bok choy and egg noodles
