Budget barbecue-style chicken drumsticks

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Ingredients

• 800g/1lb 12oz large potatoes, each cut into 8 wedges
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1kg/2lb 4oz chicken drumsticks
• salt and ground black pepper

For the barbecue sauce

• 100g/3½oz tomato ketchup
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp runny honey

To serve

• 500g/1lb 2oz ready-made coleslaw
• 100g/3½oz frozen sweetcorn

Method

Before starting this recipe, make sure to preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7.

1. Put the potatoes in a bowl and toss with the oil, a little salt and lots of ground black pepper.

2. Arrange the potato wedges on a large baking tray, skin-side down.

   1. Bake for 35 minutes.

3. Line a second baking tray with foil or baking parchment and add the chicken drumsticks.

4. Season with salt and pepper and place on a shelf a couple of rungs above the potatoes to allow the heat to circulate.

   1. Bake for 20 minutes.

5. While the chicken and potatoes are cooking, cook the sweetcorn according to the pack instructions in the microwave or a small pan then rinse in cold water in a sieve and drain well.

   1. Mix with the coleslaw.

   2. Mix the barbecue sauce ingredients in a small bowl.

6. Remove the chicken from the oven after 20 minutes and brush generously with the sauce.

7. Return to the oven for a further 15 minutes.

8. Sticky and charred in places and the potatoes are pale golden-brown.

9. Serve the chicken with the wedges and coleslaw. Any leftover sauce can be served alongside.

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