Beer honey chicken with oven-roasted potatoes

   This recipe was recommended to me by a friend a loooong time ago and it's heaven on a plate! The chicken is sooo moist, the sauce is very flavourful because of the beer and honey combination and the potatoes are crunchy on the outside but soft in the middle. I'm telling you, you need to try this recipe! One of the best dishes I've eaten lately! :D

Ingredients for 2 people:

- 2 chicken thighs

- 250 ml beer

- 2 Tbsp honey

- 3 Tbsp water

- 4 Tsp soy sauce

- 1 Tsp grounded mustard seeds

- 1 big onion julienned

- 8 - 10 garlic cloves, minced

- 4 medium potatoes, cut into cubes

- salt and pepper to taste

- oregano to taste

- sunflower or olive oil for coating

Steps:

1.  Preheat the oven at 200C. Cut the potatoes into cubes, then put them in a pan and add salt, pepper, oregano and oil. Mix well. Cover with tinfoil and put them in the oven for about 30 min then take the tinfoil off and leave them for 15 more minutes to get crispy on top.

2. Heat a large pan over medium-high heat, Add oil, then place the chicken thighs in the pan. Season them with salt and pepper, cover the pan with a big metal bowl and let the chicken cook for 3 minutes on each side. Then put the chicken on a plate.

3. To the same pan add the grounded mustard seeds and the minced garlic and stir a little.

4. Add in the julienned onion. Stir fry until translucent.

5. Add soy sauce, the water, the beer and the honey to make a sauce. Mix well.

6. Put the chicken back in the pan and cover again. Let the sauce reduce to half on medium-high heat (it will take at least 10 min, 5 min on each side). Check the thighs from time to time and don't forget to baste them.

7. Add more water if the sauce is too reduced before the chicken is cooked through. Also reduce the heat if you do this :)

8. Once cooked, transfer to a plate, take the potatoes from the oven and enjoy your dinner! 

Bon appetit! :)