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    Sweet & Hot Chicken Thighs

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    Sweet & Hot Chicken Thighs

    Easy, tasty and fast? That's the kind of dinner we're fans of.

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    Super tasty and insanely easy to make, these Sweet & Hot Chicken Thighs are ready in less than 20 minutes.  Make them once, and they're sure to become one of your dinnertime favorites.

    Article Courtesy:  Mary Fran Wiley

    sweet hot chicken thighs recipeWhen I am not baking (which, in preparation for this month’s gluten free ratio rally, I have been doing each night), I am usually cooking something delicious for dinner before I do things like design gluten free flour reference charts and illustrate children’s books.

    I saw chicken thighs while out grocery shopping and decided that I had to make something with them. I don’t buy meat often because it is just me eating it, and it just feels like too much hassle. But the chicken was calling to me.

    I also had some University of Illinois honey (so famous that it made the Colbert Report) that I got as a Christmas gift and it was beginning to crystallize, so I knew I was going to make a honey chicken thigh.

    And really, what good is chicken without sauce? No good. And since eating mayo is not so good for you, I blended it with yogurt & cilantro for a refreshing, tangy dipping sauce. These Sweet & Hot Chicken Thighs are so goo, they might be an every week occurrence.

    Sweet & Hot Chicken Thighs

    Mary Fran Wiley
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 12 minutes mins
    Total Time 17 minutes mins
    Course Main Course, Snack
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4

    Ingredients
      

    • ½ cup honey
    • 2 T cider vinegar
    • 1½ t chili powder
    • ½ t cayenne
    • 1 t granulated garlic
    • 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs
    • ¼ c plain Greek yogurt or dairy free
    • ¼ c canola mayonnaise
    • ½ c chopped cilantro
    • salt & pepper

    Instructions
     

    • Turn on broiler and prepare broiler pan.
    • Whisk together the honey, vinegar, chili powder, cayenne, garlic and salt & pepper to taste.
    • Brush chicken thighs with sauce and place under the broiler.
    • After 5 minutes, turn over and brush with sauce. Return to oven.
    • During this time, whisk together mayo, yogurt, cilantro and salt & pepper to taste (about 5 minutes).
    • Take them out, turn them over and brush with sauce again.
    • After 1 minute turn and brush the thighs one last time.
    • Return to oven for 1 minute.
    • Serve with a dollop of yogurt sauce on the side.
    Keyword gluten-free, hot chicken

     

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