I'll admit the picture doesn't make it look mind-numbingly appetizing, but a) I suck as a food photographer thus far, and b) IT TOTALLY IS.
It has not been the best summer for cooking--too hot, too poor, too tired, too lazy, too frustrated with my ever-confounding digestive system. And tired as I was today, the idea of another night of pasta or leftovers was more exhausting than that of cooking, and making something new rather made me feel much better. Chicken, my mom's potato salad, some spinach, iced tea, and it was a nice, easy dinner that tasted good and was fun to make. Balm to my annoyed soul.
Recipe from Cooking Light--and, by the way, CL has a weird habit of suggesting cream-based dishes made with cream cheese, which is the oddest thing ever. The consistency is never quite right, even if the taste is all right. Feels like diet food.
This one, however, didn't:
Spicy Honey-Brushed Chicken Thighs
2 tsps garlic powder
2 tsps chili powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp ground red pepper
8 skinless, boneless chicken thighs
Cooking spray
6 tbsp honey
2 tsps cider vinegar
1. Preheat broiler.
2. Combine spices in bowl, toss chicken to coat thoroughly.
3. Broil chicken on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray (I pressed tin foil to the pan, made it easier to turn) for five minutes on each side.
4. Combine honey and vinegar, stirring well. Pull chicken from broiler, brush top side with half the honey mixture; return to broiler for one minute. Turn, brush with honey, and broil for an additional minute or until chicken is done
I didn't have to cook it longer than this, and it came out perfectly done, not the slightest bit dry and almost delicately crispy on the outside.
Sissy, you must try this one.
6 comments:
Thank God you updated this. I check it once a week, you know, and haven't harassed you ONCE about it (okay maybe half a once).
I will definitely make that. It sounds good and Steve will probably eat it as long as he doesn't have to make it.
There was a recipe in cooking light last month for some sort of ham and potato bake that I want to try too.
Okay, I followed this recipe to the letter and the chicken wasn't cooked through! I think next time I'll do it batches. Plus, I think next time I'll double the space rub because I ran out for the last two pieces of chicken.
Made it with Mom's potato salad, which I actually think came out almost as good as Mom's.
Did you remember to cook it on each side? How big were the thighs you were using? Because I did four thighs without cutting them and I had a little left over.
I think this proves I am superior to you in more ways than even I thought!
You are not superior to me and if you don't take that back I won't make artichoke dip for you when I come over and hang out with you.
The recipe called for eight thighs, which is what I had in a pack, and I crammed them all on the broiler pan without cutting them, except for trimming the nasty pockets of fat off them. (Remember in Ramona Quimby Age 8 when she and Beezus have to make dinner and they use tongs to take the chicken skin off? I was totally having those flashbacks and wishing I could do that, but you have to really trim fat off chicken thighs, not tug it off. Anyway...) Stephen actually ate this and liked it. So I think next time I make this, I will make it with less pieces or do it in batches. And yes, I did cook it on both sides, just like the directions said to.
I found your LJ through Firefly fanfic, and from there linked to this food blog, which I enjoy.
I made this recipe last week and everything turned out great; the chicken was properly done and the spice rub was fantastic. I will definitely make it again, and may try the same spice rub with chicken breast tenders as well.
Is is possible Lucy Starr didn't use boneless thighs? I could see the cooking time being inadequate if using bone-in meat. Just a thought, although you two seem to know each other pretty well, so maybe there is something else going on there...
Anyway, thanks for the recipe!
Jo
Jo, I'll have to ask her about that. Being younger than my sister (lucy), I have a great need to be more right than she, and I've been trying to figure out what she may have done differently. Thanks!
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