Caramelised Chilli Chicken

Submitted by I'mPat

"From our local/state paper. Posting here to share as it sounds good. At this stage times are estimated."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
• 1 onion (finely chopped)
• 1⁄2 cup tomato sauce (ketchup)
• 1 tablespoon garlic (minced)
• salt (freshly ground to taste)
• pepper (freshly ground to taste)
• 1 chili (red finely chopped or to your taste)
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon vinegar

directions

1. Preheat oven to 225°C.
2. Cut chicken into 8 pieces (2 drumsticks, 2 thighes and 2 half breasts [cut the breasts in half again to give you your 8 pieces - one portion will have wings, remove if you don't want them there] or buy a precut chicken.
3. Mix together in a large bowl all ingredients except the chicken pieces and mix well to combine and then put the chicken pieces in and coat them well in the marinade.
4. Line a shallow sided tray with baking paper and place the chicken pieces on the tray in a single layer.
5. Spoon any remaining marinade over the chicken pieces.
6. Place in pre-heated oven and bake until well browned and juices run clear (estimate 35 to 45 minutes, depending on size of chicken pieces).
7. Serve with rice and steamed vegetables.

Reviews

[graffeetee]

this is a yummy easy weeknight meal. i have made it a few times now, both with skin and bone in thighs and skinless boneless thighs. i put this in my convection oven to enhance the caramelization. dh was very enthusiastic about this dish as well.

 

[Jewelies]

This cooked up lovely in the webber. I used a scotch bonnet chili and marinated the chicken for a good four hours. I had asked for drumsticks but Dave came home with skinless chicken breasts. It didn't matter at all, I just diced them into bite size pieces and didn't cook for as long. Served with a varity of salads.

 

[CoffeeB]

This made a fast and easy supper. I marinated the chicken in the sauce for a few hours b/f baking for 35 minutes. I used 4 chicken breasts to serve two. The sauce is a really nice BBQ style that would be wonderful for grilling also. :-) Made for HolidayTag.

 

[French Tart]

Great Pat! I have to agree with Jan and say that this also ticked all of our boxes - tasty, spicy, easy, using easy pantry ingredients and not your average mid-week chook recipe! I also used a small chicken - mine was 900g, cut it into 6 portions and my chicken was cooked in 45 minutes. I served this with creamed spinach and a glass of wine, great! Made for Aussie/NZ make my recipe edition number 8/9. I am keeping this recipe, will use the sauce for pork chops too.......as well as chicken pieces. FT aka FS! :-)

 

[Red_Apple_Guy]

Excellent! Fast, fun, easy and delicious! I used bone-in chicken breasts and bone-in thighs. Very tasty.