Cook: 20 minutes

Serves: 4

This is a good one to make when people come round, as it is really hard not to like - sweet and sour, plenty of textures, pretty colours and virtually everybody likes chicken. Using chicken thighs here makes it almost impossible to dry the meat out and ensures plenty of chicken flavour to come through the strong marinade.

Method

● Mix the marinade ingredients together and use to coat the chicken all over. Cover and keep in the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours to marinate. You can start the meat marinating up to 48 hours in advance - just leave it in the fridge until you are ready to start cooking.

● Preheat the oven to 200°C/I80°C fan/gas mark 6.

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Ingredients

Name: Sticky sweet pomegranate molasses chicken with herbed pistachio bulgur wheat salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 8 chicken thigh fillets, skin removed; 1 tbsp vegetable oil, for frying For the marinade:; 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced; ½-1 green chilli (depends how hot you like it), sliced; 3 tbsp pomegranate molasses; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper For the salad:; 200g bulgar wheat; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp olive oil; 200ml boiling water; 50g shelled pistachios, roasted and coarsely chopped (half reserved to sprinkle on top); 75g currants; 2 tsp dried mint; 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses; 50g fresh pomegranate seeds (1 tbsp reserved to sprinkle over the top); 1 small bunch of mint, roughly chopped (about 15-20g); 1 small bunch of parsley, roughly chopped (about 15-20g)

8 chicken thigh fillets, skin removed
1 tbsp vegetable oil, for frying

For the marinade:
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced
½-1 green chilli (depends how hot you like it), sliced
3 tbsp pomegranate molasses
1 tbsp vegetable oil
½ tsp freshly ground black pepper

For the salad:
200g bulgar wheat
½ tsp salt
1 tsp olive oil
200ml boiling water
50g shelled pistachios, roasted and coarsely chopped (half reserved to sprinkle on top)
75g currants
2 tsp dried mint
1 tbsp pomegranate molasses
50g fresh pomegranate seeds (1 tbsp reserved to sprinkle over the top)
1 small bunch of mint, roughly chopped (about 15-20g)
1 small bunch of parsley, roughly chopped (about 15-20g)