My family loves this chicken dish, especially the kids. What's not to love? Sweet, sticky, moist chicken with crispy chicken skin. Well, they're not fans of the crispy chicken skin but more for mom and dad. Everybody wins! Serve this over hot steamed rice or with sauteed vegetables and it makes a full meal, although no judgments from me if you just snack on 8 of these.
For this recipe, you need to use bone in, skin on chicken thighs. I love bone in anything, it just adds so much flavor and moistness. The fat on the chicken skin will get rendered so it turns chip-like. I am a sucker for crispy chicken skin. In order to achieve this, you need to make sure you don't crowd the pan when you sear the chicken. I normally do it in 2 or 3 batches, depending on the size of the dutch oven you are using. The dish takes about an hour or so from start to finish but always gone in a few minutes in our house. Well worth the work in my book!
Ingredients
8 bone in, skin on chicken thighs
6 tbsp unsalted butter, divided
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp minced garlic
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp dried basil
Dried parsley for garnish
Directions
Preheat oven to 400.
Season both sides the chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
Melt 3 tbsp of butter over medium high heat in an oven safe pan or dutch oven.
Add 4 chicken thighs to pan, skin side down and sear undisturbed for 4 minutes. Flip chicken and sear undisturbed for 4 minutes. Flip one more time so the skin side is down for the second time and sear undisturbed for 4 minutes. Set chicken aside on a plate and repeat the process with the remaining butter and chicken thighs.
Once all the chicken pieces are seared and set aside on a plate, turn the heat down to low and add in garlic. Stir around for 30 seconds and turn off the heat.
Add in brown sugar, honey, oregano, thyme, and basil. Stir well and add chicken pieces back in skin side up and coat in the sauce.
Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.
Serve immediately.
Recipe adapted from: Damn Delicious
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