Christmas spice-and-orange chicken
Celebrate Christmas with a classic combination of spices, orange and succulent chicken.
Ingredients:
Chicken:
4 chicken thighs
15ml olive oil
30ml orange juice
5ml orange zest
7.5ml honey
2.5ml dried thyme
2.5ml ground cinnamon
1.25ml ground star anise
1.25ml ground cloves
salt and pepper
Pumpkin:
1kg pumpkin
15ml olive oil
5ml cinnamon
2.5ml dried thyme
salt and pepper
Method:
Chicken:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Place the chicken pieces on a roasting tray.
- In a bowl, whisk the oil, orange juice and zest, honey, thyme, cinnamon, star anise, cloves and seasoning together. Pour the mixture over the chicken and massage it into the skin.
- Place the chicken in the oven and roast for 1 hour.
Pumpkin:
- Slice the pumpkin into even-sized wedges and place on a roasting tray.
- Mix the oil, cinnamon, thyme, salt and pepper together, and toss through the pumpkin.
- Roast the pumpkin for 40-50 minutes, until caramelised and cooked through.
To serve:
- Serve the chicken in a dish with the pumpkin on the side. Garnish with fresh thyme.
