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Five-spice, ginger and soy poussins

Five-spice, ginger and soy poussins

Name: Five-spice, ginger and soy poussins
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: serves 6
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 poussins; 4 tbsp honey; 1 tsp Chinese 5-spice powder; oil vegetable; 5 cloves garlic peeled and sliced; a thumb-sized piece root ginger cut into matchsticks; 250ml chicken stock; 125ml red wine; 100ml soy sauce; 4 spring onions sliced; 2 red chillies finely sliced

Published: December 19, 2014 at 2:28 PM

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serves 6

Easy

Total time: 1 hr and 10 mins

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Boost the flavour of poussin with 5-spice, red chillies and ginger in this Chinese recipe. Serve with plenty of steamed rice to soak up the flavours and make sure to look out for free-range poussin.

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Ingredients

Nutrition

3 poussins
4 tbsp honey
1 tsp Chinese 5-spice powder
oil vegetable
5 cloves garlic

peeled and sliced
a thumb-sized piece root ginger

cut into matchsticks
250ml chicken stock
125ml red wine
100ml soy sauce
4 spring onions

sliced
2 red chillies

finely sliced

Nutrition: per serving

kcal359
fat22.3g
saturates5.5g
carbs11.2g
sugars0g
fibre0.4g
protein27.5g
salt3.47g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 180c/fan 160c/gas 4. Season the poussins, put in a large roasting dish and drizzle with the honey and 5-spice. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, fry the garlic and ginger for 2 minutes, then add all the liquids. Simmer for 10 minutes then pour over the poussins and cover with foil.
step 2

Roast for 30 minutes, then remove the foil, turn the oven up to 220c/fan 200c/gas 6 and cook for another 20 minutes. Cut each poussin in half with a sharp knife or kitchen scissors and spoon over some of the sauce. Sprinkle with the spring onions and chillies.

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