Simple but delicious sticky Chinese Five Spice Chicken Drumsticks - baked in the oven till golden and packed with flavour.
With some chicken drumsticks, de-skinned and ready to cook for dinner, I wanted a simple marinade with plenty of flavours to go this egg fried rice.
The Kids love the flavour of Chinese Five Spice, so making it into a sweet marinade I just knew would get a thumbs up from the kids and these sure were a perfect hit.
Usually, for a sticky sauce of some kind, sugar or honey is needed, but trying to be a little healthier for tonight's dinner. I decided to sweeten the marinade using some dried dates. They work perfect and turn this sauce into an amazing syrup that flavours the chicken beautifully.
I use my handy little Kitchenaid Mini Food Processor to whizz up all the ingredients for the marinade. It's perfect for making pastes for curries and marinades for recipes like this Chinese Five Spice Chicken.
Of course, if you don't have a mini food processor or similar, you might want to replace the dates with brown sugar or honey, otherwise, the dates won't be finely chopped enough to make the sticky marinade.
If you have time to let the chicken sit in the marinade for a couple of hours then definitely do, but even when rushed for time, just poured the marinade over the top of the chicken basting at intervals works fine also.
Want some other Chinese Fakeaway Recipes to serve with this Chinese Five Spice Chicken?
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- BEEF WITH MUSHROOMS IN OYSTER SAUCE
- BEEF CHOW MEIN
- CHICKEN SINGAPORE NOODLES CHILLI BEEF (STOVE TOP AND ACTIFRY)
- CHICKEN FRIED RICE
- GINGER BEEF AND BROCCOLI
- CHINESE PORK
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HOW CAN I ADD A ⅓ VEGETABLES TO THIS CHINESE FIVE SPICE CHICKEN?
Instead of the egg fried rice that the kids had, I had some egg fried spaghetti squash instead. It was a perfect side dish for the chicken. Another option is this yummy Cauliflower Egg Fried Rice or keep the rice and add in some stir-fried greens of choice, like broccoli, shredded cabbage, bok choy, sugar snaps peas, bean sprouts etc.
Kitchen Items used for this Chinese Five Spice Chicken:
- Kitchen Scales
- Measuring Spoons
- Mini Food Processor
- Wooden Spoon
- Chopping Board
- Measuring Jug or Measuring Cups
- Santoku Knife
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Chinese Five Spice Chicken
Simple but delicious sticky Chinese Five Spice Chicken Drumsticks - baked in the oven till golden and packed with flavour.
Ingredients
- 8 chicken drumsticks (skin removed) - or use chicken thighs
- ¼ cup of soy sauce
- ¼ cup of water
- 20g of dried pitted dates
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 tbs of grated ginger root
- 1.5 tsps of Chinese five spice powder
- 1 teaspoon of sesame oil
- 2 spring onions, thinly sliced
- pinch of sesame seeds
Instructions
- Add the soy sauce, water, dates, garlic, ginger, Chinese five spice powder and sesame oil to a mini food processor and blitz until smooth.
- Add the chicken to an oven proof dish and pour the marinade over the top and toss to coat.
- Preheat oven to 200c or 400f
- Place the chicken in the oven and bake for about 35-40 minutes, turn over half way through cooking time and baste with the sauce.
- Sprinkle with chopped spring onions and a pinch of sesame seeds.
- Serve with your choice of sides
- Enjoy!!
Notes
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Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size 1 (2 drumsticks)Amount Per Serving Calories 277Total Fat 8gSaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 15mgSodium 752mgCarbohydrates 6.2gFiber 0.6gSugar 3.8gProtein 42.6g
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Esther Brennan says
Absolutely delicious thankyou & really easy.
Marnie says
How much sugar/seeetner would you replace the dates with?