Peking-style chicken

Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Health score
5%
Peking-style chicken
90 min.
6
311kcal

Suggestions

Ingredients

  •  cranberry-orange relish 
  • tbsp soya sauce 
  • tbsp cooking sherry dry
  • tsp five-spice powder chinese
  •  garlic cloves 
  • piece thumb-sized root ginger fresh
  • 1.5 kg meat from a rotisserie chicken whole
  • tbsp honey 

Equipment

  • frying pan
  • oven
  • knife
  • wire rack
  • skewers

Directions

  1. Pare the zest from the orange in thick strips then mix with the soy sauce, sherry and fivespice powder in a large food bag. Bash the garlic cloves and ginger with the back of a knife to bruise them, then add to the bag and give everything a good mix.
  2. Put the chicken in the bag, rub the marinade all over the flesh then leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 3 hrs, overnight ideally.
  3. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas
  4. Remove the chicken from the marinade (keep it for later). Halve the orange and put both halves inside the cavity along with the bashed ginger and garlic from the marinade. With the chicken sitting on a rack in the sink, pour a kettleful of boiling water over it. Pat completely dry with kitchen paper. Set the chicken on its wire rack over a roasting tray and roast for 50 mins per kg or until the juices run clear when the thigh is pierced with a skewer.
  5. Strain the marinade into a pan along with the honey. Bring up to the boil then simmer for a couple of mins. Just before serving, turn the oven up as high as it will go.
  6. Brush some of the marinade all over the chicken. Return to the oven and cook until the chicken is crisp and browned. This will only take a couple of mins. Leave to rest, uncovered, for 5 mins.
  7. Serve with the remaining warmed marinade, some plain rice and bok choi or spinach stirfried with a little garlic and oyster sauce.

Nutrition Facts

Calories311kcal
Protein32.09%
Fat53.99%
Carbs13.92%

Properties

Glycemic Index
29.13
Glycemic Load
4.24
Inflammation Score
-4
Nutrition Score
10.626087059145%

Flavonoids

Catechin
0.06mg
Epicatechin
0.04mg
Hesperetin
5.98mg
Naringenin
3.37mg
Luteolin
0.04mg
Kaempferol
0.03mg
Myricetin
0.07mg
Quercetin
0.14mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:310.85kcal
15.54%
Fat:18.24g
28.06%
Saturated Fat:5.18g
32.41%
Carbohydrates:10.58g
3.53%
Net Carbohydrates:9.76g
3.55%
Sugar:8.16g
9.06%
Cholesterol:90mg
30%
Sodium:923.15mg
40.14%
Alcohol:0.77g
100%
Alcohol %:0.56%
100%
Protein:24.39g
48.79%
Vitamin B3:8.88mg
44.38%
Selenium:17.9µg
25.57%
Vitamin B6:0.5mg
24.98%
Phosphorus:206.98mg
20.7%
Vitamin C:14.39mg
17.45%
Vitamin B5:1.23mg
12.31%
Zinc:1.74mg
11.59%
Vitamin B2:0.18mg
10.81%
Iron:1.8mg
9.98%
Potassium:329.55mg
9.42%
Magnesium:35.21mg
8.8%
Manganese:0.17mg
8.45%
Vitamin B1:0.11mg
7.12%
Vitamin B12:0.37µg
6.2%
Copper:0.11mg
5.26%
Vitamin A:219.38IU
4.39%
Folate:16.92µg
4.23%
Calcium:34.14mg
3.41%
Fiber:0.82g
3.28%
Vitamin E:0.4mg
2.69%
Vitamin K:1.87µg
1.78%
Vitamin D:0.24µg
1.6%