Honey Soy Plum Chicken & Noodles

This meal was inspired from Pioneer Woman's Honey Soy Plum Chicken. I modified the ingredients a tad so here is how I did it. I was kinda shocked by how much soy sauce was in the entire recipe so I took it down a notch and only put 8 oz. Last weekend I picked up a pound of fresh plums at the farmers market to use for this recipe. I had all intentions of trying to make the plum preserves that the original recipe called for, but ummm I completely forgot about it so I had to make a mad dash to the store to find something to use! Turns out the mixed berry was a fantastic idea...

Honey Soy Plum Chicken with whole wheat noodles

Ingredients:
• 4 bone in skin on chicken thighs
• 1.5 cups red wine - I used Sugar Bird Sweet Shiraz
• 2 bay leaves
• 6 oz plum preserves - I went to 3 different stores trying to find this nonsense and they had every single kind but plum so I got mixed berry preserves at World Market
• 1/2 cup honey
• 8 oz low sodium soy sauce
• 1 T EVOO
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 red plums, pitted & chopped, plus 1 plum, pitted and sliced thinly
• 4 oz egg noodles - I used whole wheat
• 1 green onion, thinly sliced

Directions:
1. Marinate the chicken with the bay leaves and 1 cup of wine in the fridge for at least an hour.
2. In another bowl, whisk together the honey, preserves & soy sauce and set aside.
3. Heat a dutch oven over high heat, add EVOO and brown both sides of the chicken, 2-3 minutes per side.
4. Reduce the heat to medium-low and add garlic, stir around. Add remaining 1/2 cup of wine, chopped plums & honey soy mixture to the dutch oven. Bring the pot to a boil, then reduce to simmer and cover. Cook for 1-2 hours until the chicken is tender and cooked through. Ideally you want the meat to be falling off the bone :-).
5. During the last 30 minutes of cooking, bring a pot of water up to a boil and cook noodles per package directions.
6. Spoon noodles onto each plate, sauce and 2 chicken thighs per person. Garnish with green onions and sliced plums.

Makes 2 servings.

This meal has a sweet and salty flavor to it and we both really loved it!

Enjoy!