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If you have a jar of preserved lemons in the cupboard, chop up a lemon and add it to the sauce with a little more honey before reducing. It will give the dish a different dimension
1 large chicken jointed into 8-10 pieces
Sea salt and black pepper
3-4 tbsp olive oil
1 head of garlic, halved horizontally
Few thyme sprigs
Splash of sherry vinegar
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
3 tbsp honey
1 lemon, finely sliced (ideally with a mandolin)
Bunch of flat leaf parsley, chopped
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1 Season the chicken with salt and pepper and heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan. Brown the chicken pieces (in batches if necessary) over a high heat with the garlic and thyme for 2–3 minutes on each side until golden brown. Return all the chicken to the pan, add the sherry vinegar and bubble until reduced by half. Drizzle over the soy sauce and honey and shake the pan to mix.
2 Pour in a good splash of hot water and add the lemon slices. Let the liquid bubble and reduce down until syrupy, which will take about 10 minutes or so. By now the chicken should be cooked through.
3 Transfer the chicken to a platter and sprinkle over the chopped parsley. Serve with the champ and green beans or steamed sugar snap peas.
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Wicked recipe. So easy to do. Well done Gordan, keep em coming.
Ally, Uxbridge,
Awesome recipe... had the lap top set up next to the stove and copied Gordon step by step. Tasted wicked! Definitely a keeper!
Sean McAlister, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Delicious! Have made it twice, and my wife loved it both times. I score the drums so as to help them to cook quicker. Charred the sauce the second time, but that was because I forgot to score the drums the second time. The champ has been quite tasty both times- 2nd time better=more onions.
Jack, Brooklyn, USA
took ages to cook . It did have a good flavour but was not worth the trouble to me.
jayne, bangor, wales
An excellent and very easy recipe, as most readers claim. To avoid "charred" sauce, do not add the honey until after cooling the pan with the vinegar and soy sauce. Also, the water to be added with the lemons is important: it keeps the sauce from burning before the chicken is done.
Michael Rosellini, Seattle, USA
My mom just made this dish and it is EXCELLENT the lemon especially made it good
Kyle, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
I almost think you have to bake the chicken first to nearly done, then follow the recipe, i tried it the first way and had to add enough water to cook for 30 minutes in steam for the chicken to cook all the way through. Although it was quite tender after that, and tasty.
Lloyd, East Lansing, USA
Made Sticky Chicken for a dinner party - got rave reviews.
Everyone wanted the recipe. It was easy and fast. Look forward to making more of Gordon's recipes.
Gail Mueller, Crystal Lake, United States
Much better if you do it with chunks of chicken breast rather than chicken on the bone, and it's quicker to cook. It is very easy, truly - my four year old knows how to make it after three servings.
Jay, Oxford,
Ok I've tried this twice now, both following very precisely the video of Ramsey and following this recipe, and both times I ended up under cooking the center of the chicken thighs, and having a charred sauce. I think the recipe is a little bit more difficult than stated.
Chris, Boston, USA
Made this dish last night and it was wonderful. I had my daughter and grandson over . Grandson wanted to know if I was playing Chef Ramsay
Ray McArdle, Altamonte Springs , Fl 32701 USA