Glazed Apricot Chicken

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon black bean paste
• 1/2 teaspoon chili paste (i used rooster brand - hot!) (optional)
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1/4 cup apricot jam
• 1 chicken, quartered

Recipe

• 1 combine all ingredients except chicken in a mouli or blender and zap until garlic disintegrates.
• 2 place chicken in ziploc bag and pour in marinade.
• 3 zip up and massage chicken well with marinade.
• 4 refrigerate anywhere from 4-24 hours (mine was in the fridge for about 22).
• 5 giving the bag a couple of turns during the day to redistribute the marinade.
• 6 preheat oven to 425f.
• 7 place chicken, skin-side-up in a large, shallow roasting pan and roast 1 hour or until chicken is golden-brown.
• 8 baste a couple of times.
• 9 this made lovely drippings and lots of them.
• 10 so i boiled up a batch of rice using the drippings for part of the water.
• 11 very flavourful!