Spicy Honey Chicken Recipe

Becky Miles
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February 16, 2015

Spicy Honey Chicken Recently, I had some chicken thighs that I needed to cook for dinner and didn't feel like making it the usual way. So, I searched for some recipes using chicken thighs. The same recipe kept coming up from Cooking Light. It didn't sound like something my family would like, so I kept looking. After the 10th time of coming across it, I gave in and tried it. I was pleasantly surprised. My family ate it all and were asking for more! It is now in our regular rotation of meals. Definitely a winner!

Total Time: 15 minutes total

Yield: 8 chicken thighs

Source: Cooking Light

Ingredients:

2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp chili powder
2 tsp salt
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp paprika (I used smoked paprika, but you could use regular)
8 chicken thighs
6 Tbsp honey
2 tsp cider vinegar

Steps:

Preheat broiler. Move cooking rack to the top rack.
Combine spices. Mix.

Coat chicken in spice mix, covering both sides.
Place on cooking sheet covered in aluminum foil.

Broil 5 minutes.
Take out of oven, flip chicken over, and broil another 5 minutes.
Combine honey and cider vinegar. Brush onto chicken. I just spooned it onto the chicken and spread it around with the back of the spoon. Broil 1 minute.

Take chicken out of oven, flip it over, then brush honey mixture on other side. Return to oven and broil 1 more minute.
Let chicken rest a couple of minutes, then serve.
This is even good for leftovers. I sliced some chicken and heated it up. Put it on top of a toasted bun, topped with remoulade sauce I made for burgers yesterday, lettuce and red onion. It was so good!