Honey Chicken Legs

Ingredients

Chicken drumsticks………3

Clear honey………………….3 tea spoon
Chilli powder………………..½ tea spoon
Cloves………………………….12
Fennel seeds…………………1 tea spoon
Salt to taste

Method

• Place the drumsticks in a non-stick oven tray.
• Sprinkle the salt and chilli powder on the drumsticks and rub the ingredients on each drumstick with hand to make sure it is evenly applied.
• Poke the flesh of each drumstick at 4 places and insert one clove per poke.  (Distribute the poked clove evenly i.e. do not cramp them very close to each other only on one side.) 
• Now evenly apply the honey on all sides of the drumsticks with a basting brush.
• Lastly sprinkle the fennel seed on all sides.   
• Pre-heat the oven on grill mode at 250°C. Place the tray in the oven and grill for 10 min.
• Remove tray and flip the chicken and grill the flip side for 10 min.
• Remove the poked cloves from the chicken before serving.
• Pour the juices collected in the bottom of the tray, on the chicken, for more flavour.

Deviled Chicken

Ingredients

Chicken breast…………………250g (cut into 1”chunks)

Tomato sauce (ketchup)…..4 table spoon
Worcestershire sauce……....2 table spoon
Mustard paste……………....…1 table spoon
Honey………………………..……1 table spoon
Chilli powder………………...…1 tea spoon
Salt to taste

Method

• Mix tomato sauce, worcestershire sauce, mustard, honey, chilli powder and salt in a bowl.
• Add the chicken pieces to the bowl and coat them with the batter.
• Preheat the microwave grill for 5 mins.
• Place the pieces of chicken on the microwave grill. Cover the grill with aluminium foil if you are worried that the coating will drip inside the microwave.
• Now place the grill in the microwave and grill for 10 mins.
• Remove the grill and flip each chicken piece upside down to cook the other side of each piece.
• Place the grill in the microwave again and grill for 10 mins.
• Check if the chicken is cooked by poking a piece with a fork.
• Serve in a plate.

Note:
You can make Deviled Chicken Wings using the same recipe and replacing the chicken breast pieces with chicken wings.