Orange Marinade Lovely Chicken Legs
Well Ellie is another dinner guest that will be invited again sometime soon. I love an appreciative diner. I have to agree that this dish was delightful, and I will incorporate here the ways that I believe that it could be improved, but Ellie exclaimed that it was like China town!!! How authentic?
Serves: 4
Prep: 20 min
Marinade time: 2 hours min, best over night
Cook time: 25 min
Ingredients:
500g of chicken.
(I have used lovely legs, you can try drumsticks, wings or whatever.)
A bunch of choy sum
A carrot thinly sliced
Two shallots thinly sliced.
Marinade:
3-4 cm of finely chopped ginger
2 garlic cloves finely chopped
1 tea spoon of orange zest
½ tea spoons of five spice
3 tea spoons of soy sauce
1 table spoon of sesame oil
3 table spoon of orange marmalade
2 table spoon of clear honey
Drizzle with limes to really set off the chicken.
1. Score the chicken a number of times with your knife.
2. Mix the marinade ingredients together and pour over the chicken.
3. Choose the barbeque, oven or like me – a rought iorn wok to cook the chicken.
4. Lift the chicken out of the juices and place on the hot plate cooking to seal the meat before turning the heat down slightly. Do not cover as the juices need to thicken and stick all over the lovely chicken. If the pan is getting a little dry, brush over some more marinade left in the bowl.
5. if you are cooking in the wok or on a bbq, it takes about 20 minutes. The oven will take a bit over twice as long.
6. Before serving wilt the choy sum, sprinkling it with sesame oil and lemon.
7. Serve with a lemon and a lime wedge placing the carrot and shallot garnish on top.