Chicken, Plums, Soy

The only books I tend to buy are cookery books and this weekend it was Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Three Good Things... on a plate that catches my eye with it's content and half price-ness and finds it's way into my house.
I love the idea of simple effective dishes so I leaf through the book to find a recipe that aligns with the ingredients I have to hand of which Chicken, Plums, Soy fits the bill.
Essentially this consists of roasting chicken thighs of half an hour, before adding some aromatics and then after a further ten minutes adding plum halves and soy sauce and returning to the oven until the plums are soft.
It's a rare thing to have plums in a main meal and I'd wondered how it would work, especially as the plums I had were quite hard. However, no worries are required as the plums have a soft sweetness after being in the oven that complements the salty soy sauce soaked up by rice and shredded steamed greens. Definitely one I'll do again.

Chicken, plums, soy