Sunday, March 8, 2009

Maple Glazed Drumstick

Maple-Glazed Chicken Drumstick


Ingredients:
10nos Chicken drumstick, trimmed
500ml Chicken natural jus
2nos Smoked bacon
300ml Water
sprigs Thyme
sprigs Rosemary
200ml Maple syrup
2nos Cloves
1nos Cinnamon
Corn starch
Plain flour


Cooking:

Maple Glaze:
Put in maple, cloves, Cinnamon and 200ml water into a sauce pot.
Bring to boil then simmer for fifteen minutes. Add little water and corn starch in a bowl and mix evenly. Slowly add into the syrup and adjust the consistency till you able able to coat the spoon and draw a line across it. Leave it to cool.

Chicken:
Season the chicken with Salt & Pepper. Lightly coat the chicken with plain flour.
In a big pot, add 3 tbsp of oil then add in bacon. fry till brown. Remove bacon then add in chicken. Brown the chicken over medium high heat then remove them from the pot.
Remove oil, arrange chicken with the bones facing up in the pot. add in bacon, 100ml water and natural jus into the pot. ensure it cover the meat. Bring to boil, add in herbs then simmer for 30mins or till the chicken is cooked. Removed, keep the sauce in a bowl.

Final process:
Use a brush and brush the chicken with maple syrup. Once all is done, put it under a direct heat to let the syrup caramelized. Serve at once with fresh greens and sauce.

1 comment:

youfei said...

i liked this dish!