Oven Roasted Chicken with Fennel
I’m feeling these one-pot recipes lately no fuss an entire meal done in one dish, perfect for quick weeknight dinners. This particular recipe requires a bit of foresight as you will need to marinate the chicken for at least 1 hour but preferably 8 hours or overnight. You could quickly make the marinade in the morning and let it marinate the entire day to have ready in the evening.
This recipe is good for 4 servings, which for us is a double portion, so I simply saved the chicken and reheated the additional portion the next day. If you want to scale the recipe for whatever amount of people, just think 2 drumsticks and 1 fennel bulb per person.
There are a lot of vegetables I find myself eating in the Netherlands that we simply didn’t have on island and fennel is one of them. I had to learn how to use it and cook it, but since I love experimenting in the kitchen it’s very easy to incorporate new ingredients. I’m very grateful I got introduced to fennel later in life.
Growing up I eschewed all food that reminded me of licorice candy, couldn’t even bare the smell of it. While now I still maintain a complete disdain for licorice I can definitely appreciate the taste of fennel bulbs and anise. What are vegetables you wouldn’t eat as a child but you can appreciate now later in life? Let us know in the comment section.
Oven Roasted Chicken with Fennel
Ingredients
Marinade
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 3 tbsp coconut aminos
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1½ tsp salt
- 1 lemon zest and juice
Roast
- 8 chicken drumsticks
- 4 fennel bulbs
Instructions
- Mix all the marinade ingredients together in a large bowl.
- Add drumsticks into mixture and marinate it for at least 1 hour but preferably overnight.
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Chop off fennel tops and freeze for your next stock.
- Remove the core of the fennel bulbs and slice.
- Place fennel on the bottom of the baking dish and sprinkle with some salt.
- Place drumsticks on top without overcrowding and pour the marinade over the chicken and fennel.
- Place in the oven for 30 minutes turning the chicken half way.
- For a nice crisp on the skin turn your oven to roast setting for and additional 10 minutes. Remove and enjoy.