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A good chicken recipe for budding Jamie Olivers to get stuck into. Learn to make a tasty BBQ marinade which can be used on other meats

Ingredients

FOR THE BBQ CHICKEN

• 3 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 2 tbsp clear honey
• 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
• 1 tsp Cajun seasoning
• 8 chicken drumsticks , preferably organic

FOR THE COLESLAW

• ¼ white cabbage
• 1 small red onion
• 1 celery stick
• 1 red-skinned apple
• 1 large carrot
• 2 heaped tbsp mayonnaise
• heaped tbsp Greek yogurt
• 1 tsp wholegrain mustard

Method

1. Mix the BBQ sauce: Open out the freezer bag, then spoon in the ketchup, honey, chilli sauce, soy sauce, oil, vinegar and spice. Close the bag and squidge the ingredients together to mix them.
2. Add the chicken: Make 2 or 3 deep cuts in the meaty part of the drumsticks with a sharp knife (this helps them take on lots of flavour from the sauce). Put the chicken in the bag with the sauce and tie shut. Wash your hands. Squidge everything together again so all the drumsticks are well coated. Leave out for 1 hr, or in the fridge overnight, to marinate.
3. Prepare the veg: Thinly slice the cabbage on a clean chopping board with a clean, sharp knife, then put it in the mixing bowl. Now prepare the other vegetables, adding them to the bowl as you finish preparing them. Peel the onion and finely chop. Thinly slice the celery stick.
4. Grate the apple and carrot: Take the apple (keep it whole and with the skin on) and grate up to the core. Turn the apple a quarter turn and grate again. Repeat until you are left with just the core. Be careful not to grate your knuckles. Peel, then cut the stalk end off the carrot. Grate the carrot and add to the bowl.
5. Cook the chicken: Once the flames have died down on the BBQ add the chicken turning every few minutes, ensure the chicken is cooked before serving by taking a sharp knife and cut into the meaty part of the chicken. Look at the juices that come out – if they’re red, the chicken isn’t cooked yet.
6. Mix the coleslaw: While the chicken is cooking, mix the veg together with clean hands or a spoon. Add the mayonnaise, yogurt and mustard into the vegetables, then season with salt and pepper. Stir well. When the chicken is cooked through and golden, serve with the coleslaw.