Oven-cooked Barbecue Chicken Pieces

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 1 stick celery, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 4 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 tablespoon mustard powder
• 2 teaspoons tabasco sauce
• 8 skinless chicken legs or 8 skinless chicken thighs or 8 skinless chicken breasts
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400f and line a roasting tray with foil.
• 2 put 2 tbsp oil in a small pan over a medium-low heat. add the onion, garlic and celery and fry until soft.
• 3 meanwhile, mix together the tomato paste, honey, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and lemon juice.
• 4 once the vegetables are soft, add the ginger, fry for 2 minutes then stir in the tomato paste mix.
• 5 bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer gently for 15-20 minutes. add the mustard powder and tabasco.
• 6 rub the chicken in 2 tbsp oil. season with pepper. arrange in a single layer in the foil-lined dish.
• 7 roast legs and thighs for 15 minutes and breasts for 10.
• 8 remove from the oven, pour over the sauce. mix well to coat the chicken, then return to the oven and cook for 25 minutes, turning once.