Sticky hoisin & plum chicken
A simple yet big-on-flavour supper that can be prepped and marinated in the morning so it's all ready to put it in the oven when you get home
Serves 4 · Prep 10 min · Cook 35 min

Ingredients
- 80 g hoisin sauce
- 2 tbsp reduced salt light soy sauce
- 1 tsp ginger, finely grated
- 2 clove/s garlic, crushed or finely grated
- 2 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 8 chicken drumsticks (about 1kg)
- 4 Waitrose British Plums, halved and stoned
- 235 g pack Green Pak Choi, each quartered
- 250 g packs microwavable egg fried rice
Method
- In a large bowl, mix the hoisin and soy sauces with the ginger, garlic, sesame oil and 3 tbsp water. Add the chicken and coat in the sauce. Chill, covered, for 15 minutes or up to 24 hours.
- When ready to cook, heat the oven to 220ºC, gas mark 7. Spread the chicken out in a roasting tin with all the marinade and roast for 10 minutes. Take out of the oven and turn the chicken, basting in the sauce. Nestle in the plums, cut-side up, and roast for another 15 minutes. Turn the chicken again, basting with any roasting juices. Nestle in the pak choi and roast for a final 10 minutes until the chicken juices run clear and no pink meat remains (if at any point during cooking the sauce starts to dry out or blacken, add a splash of water to the tin).
- Heat the rice according to pack instructions and serve with the chicken, plums and pak choi.