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Festive golden five-spice chicken
Photo: Lily Banse

Festive golden five-spice chicken

9 ingredients 15 min Serves 8 openrecipes
Festive golden five-spice chicken

Chinese five-spice gives this chicken a wonderfully warm, aromatic flavour that adults and children will love

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

638
Calories
38g
Protein
18g
Fat
76g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 8 chicken thighs and 8 drumsticks, skin on
  • 3 spring onions , shredded, to finish
  • 4 tbsp groundnut oil
  • 6 garlic cloves , finely chopped
  • finger-length piece fresh root ginger , grated
  • 4 tbsp Shaohsing rice wine or dry sherry
  • 4 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 4 tbsp clear honey
  • 4 tsp five spice powder

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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