The honey-sweetness of fresh plums combines with tender, savory chicken in this sticky plum chicken meal for six from Nourish PA. Plums ripen in late summer in Pennsylvania, offering a healthy, delicious treat right off the tree or in a wide variety of recipes. In this chicken dish, skillet-cooked plums become super-juicy and jammy, and play beautifully off of the umami ingredients like soy sauce and garlic. The next time you have a pound or so of ripe plums (roughly 6-8), give this recipe a whirl!
Sticky Plum Chicken
| Prep Time |
Cook Time |
Total Time |
| 20 min |
35 min |
55 min |
Ingredients
- 6 chicken thighs, bone-in and skin-on
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced, or 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 pound plums, seeded and cut into 1-inch slices
- 4 cups cooked long-grain white rice, or brown rice, kept warm
Method
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large, oven-proof skillet over medium-high heat. Cook chicken, skin-side-down, until golden-brown, about 4-5 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate. Add garlic, and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in orange juice, honey and soy sauce, and bring to a simmer. Return chicken to skillet. Scatter plum slices around chicken.
- Transfer skillet to oven and bake, basting chicken every 10 minutes, until fully cooked, or until meat thermometer reads 165°F, about 20 minutes.
- Serve with rice, and enjoy.
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