Family Favourite Orange, Basil and Honey Chicken Wings
Making meals suitable for everyone in the family can sometimes be a challenge even right down to how that chicken is cooked :)… a mix of herbs and spices help to get those awesome flavours right out.
This quick simple recipe features a tasty blend on chicken wings which the family can have as part of snack time or part of a main meal…
Ingredients
- Bag of chicken wings- cleaned (alternatively use chicken drumsticks)
- Pack of cherry tomatoes (rinsed in warm water)
- Few spring onions (chopped)
- One sweet orange
- Olive oil (1 tbsp.) for drizzling
- Honey ( for glazing- optional)
- One fresh lemon or lime
- For Herbs, Spices & Seasoning (HSS)- 1 tsp. Curry powder, 3 sprigs of fresh Thyme, few fresh Basil leaves, ½ or 1 tsp. Parsley, ½ or 1 tsp. Coriander, little cut garlic & ginger (crushed together), sea salt, black pepper (alternatively, use little scotch bonnet for added heat)
Method
- On a clean oven tray, cover with foil and drizzle very little olive oil
- Place the chicken on the tray, add chopped spring onions, and the cherry tomatoes
- Blend the following: Basil leaves with a good squeeze of fresh orange juice, orange rind, garlic, ginger, scotch bonnet (optional) to form a liquid mix
- Pour over the chicken
- Then add the fresh thyme, parsley, coriander, curry powder black pepper, sea salt
- Sprinkle fresh lemon or lime over the chicken
- Place in a pre heated, fan assisted oven at 180 oC for at least 15mins
- Check after 15mins, drizzle some clear honey and change oven to grill and allow to grill for another 10mins for that added crunch to the chicken
Serve… oh so yummilicious!
Blessings
Tracey x x x
