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Honey roast chicken with outstanding roasties

A home-style Honey roast chicken with outstanding roasties made with Honey, Ground Cinnamon, Light Soy Sauce, Lime Juice, and Cold Pressed Rapeseed Or Olive Oil. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

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Ingredients

• 6 tbsp
• 1 tsp
• 3 tbsp
• 2 tbsp
• 3 tbsp
• 1 tsp
• 1 tsp
• 1/4 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   The roast potatoes are Tony Singh's creation. What a combination.

2. 2

   In a blender or mini food-processor, blend together all of the marinade ingredients to a fine paste. Taste and adjust the seasoning to taste.

3. 3

   Put the chicken in a roasting tin and baste with the marinade, reserving any extra.

4. 4

   Bake the chicken for one hour.

5. 5

   Cover the chicken loosely with aluminium foil after the first 10-15 minutes or the honey in the marinade will burn.

6. 6

   To cook the potatoes, preheat an oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.

7. 7

   Put the prepared potatoes in a pan of salted water, bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for seven minutes.

8. 8

   Meanwhile, pour the oil into a large roasting tin and put into the oven for five minutes until hot.

9. 9

   Drain the potatoes well, allow to steam, then return to the pan in which the were cooked.

10. 10

    Cover the pan and shake the potatoes about – you want to bash up their edges but not break them up.

11. 11

    Gently transfer them to the hot roasting tin, turn them about in the hot oil and sprinkle with salt.

12. 12

    Roast on the top shelf for 30 minutes, then turn them and roast for a further 20–30 minutes or until crisp and golden-brown.

13. 13

    After the chicken has been roasting for an hour, check whether it is cooked. (The meat is cooked when a thin skewer or a thick needle inserted in the thigh joint produces a clear liquid.) Transfer to a serving dish, cover the chicken with foil and allow it to rest for five minutes before you carve it.

14. 14

    Mix together the sage, chilli powder, bouillon powder and garlic powder if using, to make a spice mix.

15. 15

    Remove the potatoes from the oven, set them on a plate lined with kitchen paper, and sprinkle over the spice mix.

16. 16

    Joint and serve the roast chicken alongside the roast potatoes, drizzled with the juices from the roasting pan.

17. 17

    The chicken and roast potatoes have different oven temperatures.