Jammin’ spicy plum chicken wings

Chicken second courses

Mission: find creative ways to use up all the damn jam continues... I think fruit jam is often overlooked when it comes to meat. I know it's not the first thing I think of when cooking meat, although one of our all-time favorite recipes involves chicken and apricot jam and roasted root vegetables so I'm not sure why not. Jam is ripe for savory recipes as well as sweet ones. And yet chicken wings seem like the perfect, why-didn't-I-think-of-that-before use for jam. Sweet, sticky, smothered and just begging for a fruity addition. But when the decision came down to WHICH jam to use... I paused for just a moment before cracking open a jar of my latest Damson Plum Jam (yes, the one with gin). But I think other fruit preserves would work nicely as well, including apricot, marmalade, or even blackberry. Maybe not strawberry, although I'm game to experiment should I find myself with a partial jar in need of a purpose. When the plum jam is simmered with a splash of rice wine vinegar, garlic,