Maple Chicken 'n' Ribs

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup apple cider or 1 cup apple juice
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 6 unpeeled garlic cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes (optional)
• 8 lamb spareribs
• 6 chicken thighs, with skin and bone

Recipe

• 1 in a pitcher or mixing bowl whisk together the apple cider, maple syrup, vegetable oil and soy sauce. add star anise, cinnamon stick, garlic and hot pepper flakes.
• 2 in a large freezer bag or bowl combine lamb and chicken. pour in the apple cider mixture, and seal bag or cover bowl. refrigerate overnight or up to 2 days.
• 3 remove marinated mixture from refrigerator, and heat oven to 400 degrees. pour contents of bag or bowl (including liquid) into a large roasting pan. turn chicken pieces skin side up.
• 4 roast until chicken is opaque throughout and ribs are tender, about 1¼ hours; 35 to 40 minutes into roasting turn ribs over, but leave chicken skin side up. serve hot.