Plum Wonderful Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/2-3 lbs meaty skinless chicken pieces (i use thighs and legs on the bone)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon fresh gingerroot, grated
• 1/3 cup chinese plum sauce (half an 8 1/2 ounce jar, i use lee kum kee brand duck or plum sauce)
• 1/4 cup frozen lemonade concentrate (i know, i know, i was thinking the same thing but just trust me)
• 1/4 cup asian chile sauce with garlic (i use kame brand chili with garlic sauce)
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce (i use kikkoman brand)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon mustard powder (i use coleman's brand english mustard powder)
• green onion, thinly sliced

Recipe

• 1 over medium heat in a large skillet, brown chicken in hot oil for about 10 minutes.
• 2 remove chicken and place in 3-quart baking dish.
• 3 reserve some of the drippings.
• 4 drain off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat drippings left in the skillet.
• 5 add onion, garlic, and gingerroot.
• 6 cook until this mixture is tender and soft.
• 7 combine the rest of the ingredients and carefully add to the onion mixture.
• 8 bring to boiling and then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for about 5 minutes.
• 9 carefully pour this mixture over the chicken in the baking dish.
• 10 bake, uncovered, at 350°f, spooning sauce over chicken occasionally, for 45-55 minutes until the chicken is done.
• 11 garnish with the green onions.
• 12 *we like our dark meat chicken to be falling off the bone tender, so i usually depart from the original recipe by lowering the heat and cooking for a much longer time. the meat is so soft then and that's how we like it.