Sweet chili glazed chicken thighs
Bone-in chicken thighs get sticky and caramelized under a sweet-savory glaze, cooked fast enough for a weeknight. The chili sauce does most of the work, needing only an acid boost and time in a hot pan to turn glossy.
About 440 calories a serving, 33 g protein, 15 g carbohydrate, 28 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 4 pieces bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
- 1 lime
From your shelf
- 1/2 cup [120 ml] sweet red chili wing sauce & glaze
Staples
- 2 tablespoons oil
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 2 cloves, minced garlic
- Pat 4 bone-in chicken thighs dry and season both sides with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Lay the thighs skin-side down and let them sear, undisturbed, until golden and the skin releases easily, about 8 minutes.
- Flip the thighs and cook skin-side up for 5 minutes, then pour off all but 1 tablespoon of fat from the pan. Scatter 2 minced garlic cloves around the thighs and stir them into the remaining fat.
- Pour 1/2 cup chili glaze over the thighs, turn heat to medium, and let them simmer, turning them once or twice, until cooked through and the glaze is thick and clinging, about 12 minutes. Squeeze juice from half a lime over everything at the end.
Note Swap pork chops or salmon for the chicken. Leftovers keep three days refrigerated and reheat gently with a splash of water. Serve over rice or with scallions and steamed greens on the side.
On the label
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT), AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPER, SRIRACHA CHILI SAUCE (RED CHILI, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, GARLIC, ACETIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, RED CHILI POWDER, XANTHAN GUM), MODIFIED CORN STARCH CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA), GARLIC,* RED BELL PEPPER, SPICE, RED BELL PEPPER,* CHILI DE ARBOL PEPPER, CHICKEN MEAT WITH NATURAL JUICES, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVES), XANTHAN GUM, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, YEAST EXTRACT, CHICKEN FAT, PAPRIKA, ONION POWDER, TURMERIC, NATURAL FLAVOR, SPICE EXTRACTIVES, SULFITING AGENTS.,
Sweet Baby Ray's, ketchup, mustard, bbq & cheese sauce, serving 19 IU, package 64 fl oz/2 Quart/1.89 L. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as chili. Half of it left? Use up the chili.