Serves 4
Preparation time 20 minutes
Cooking time 45 minutes
Oven temperature 180^oC

• 1 whole chicken
• 2 onions, cut into wedges
• 50ml honey
• 50ml soy sauce
• 2 cloves garlic
• 6 ripe plums, halved and pitted

Couscous

• about 450ml chicken stock
• 5ml cinnamon
• 5ml ground coriander
• 200ml couscous
• 1 packet baby spinach leaves

1 Stuff half an onion into the chicken cavity. Place the chicken into a greased roasting pan. Add remaining onion wedges to the pan.

2 Mix the honey, soy and garlic together. Spread all over the chicken. Turn the chicken breast side down. Roast in a preheated oven for 30 minutes. Turn the chicken over and add the plums. Continue to roast until the chicken is cooked through.

3 Couscous Heat the stock in a saucepan. Add the cinnamon and coriander. Add the couscous. Stir well. Switch the heat off. Add the spinach leaves and cover with a lid. Leave to stand for five minutes. Stir and season to taste.

Text and image: Ideas magazine