Sticky Lemon Chicken With Champ Recipe | Food

Date Published:: 13/09/2007

Gordon Ramsay and his brigade of amateur chefs served sticky lemon chicken with champ to diners at the F Word restaurant

Serves 4

Ingredients

Lemon Chicken

1 large chicken, jointed into 8–10 pieces
Sea salt and black pepper
3–4 tbsp olive oil
1 head of garlic, halved horizontally
Few thyme sprigs
Splash of sherry vinegar
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
3 tbsp honey
1 lemon, finely sliced (ideally with a mandolin)
Bunch of flat leaf parsley, chopped

Champ

1kg floury potatoes (e.g. King Edward), peeled
Sea salt and black pepper
30g butter
Bunch of spring onions (about 6–8), trimmed and chopped
100ml double cream
100ml whole milk, plus extra if needed

Method: How to make sticky lemon chicken with champ

1. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan. Brown the chicken pieces (in batches if necessary) over a high heat with the garlic and thyme for 2–3 minutes on each side until golden brown. Return all the chicken to the pan, add the sherry vinegar and bubble until reduced by half. Drizzle over the soy sauce and honey and shake the pan to mix.

2. Pour in a good splash of hot water and add the lemon slices. Let the liquid bubble and reduce down until syrupy, which will take about 10 minutes or so. By now the chicken should be cooked through.

3. Cut the potatoes into similar-sized chunks and boil in salted water for about 10 minutes, until tender when pierced with a small sharp knife. Drain well.

4. Mash the potatoes while still hot, using a potato ricer if you have one, then stir through the butter and spring onions.

5. Pour the cream and milk into a saucepan and bring just to the boil. Take off the heat and gradually pour on to the potatoes, mixing well. If the mash is too thick, add a little extra milk. Season generously.

6. Transfer the chicken to a platter and sprinkle over the chopped parsley, serve with the champ and green beans.