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Date Syrup (Silan) and Mustard Chicken with Root Vegetables
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Date Syrup (Silan) and Mustard Chicken with Root Vegetables – Gluten-free version

Chicken drumsticks in a date syrup (silan) and mustard sauce with oven-roasted root vegetables Gluten-free version: Gluten-free soy sauce (tamari).

⏱ 1 hr🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Mix the oil, garlic, honey, mustard, gluten-free soy sauce, salt and black pepper and rub the mixture into the chicken.
    💡Dry the chicken before seasoning so the mixture clings to the skin; a longer marinade gives deeper color and flavor.
  2. 2
    Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
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    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  3. 3
    Scatter the onion over the bottom of the pan.
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  4. 4
    Toss the sweet potatoes and carrot in the rest of the mixture and arrange in the pan.
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  5. 5
    Place the chicken on top, skin side up.
  6. 6
    Arrange the rosemary on the chicken.
  7. 7
    Bake tightly covered with foil 30 minutes, until the chicken starts to cook.
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    💡Bake covered so the chicken steams and stays juicy, then finish uncovered: only then does the skin brown and caramelize.
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
  8. 8
    Bake uncovered 20 minutes, until the chicken turns golden.
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501calories
36 gprotein
31 gcarbs
24 gfat
● protein 30%● carbs 26%● fat 45%

Per serving (363 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (2) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)

🧻 Consumables: Aluminum foil

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