Spicy, Sweet and Sticky Chicken Thighs Recipe (2024)

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By: KaterinaPosted: Jul 24, 2016Updated: Jan 25, 2022

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Spicy, Sweet and Sticky Chicken Thighs – An easy and quick one skillet meal including sticky, tender and delicious chicken thighs rubbed with a homemade spice rub and brushed with an amazingly sweet honey sauce.

The glory that is this amazingness… If I was this sticky chicken, I’d kiss myself. It’s SO delicious AND pretty.

Hi Hi! Happy DAY! Sundays are DA best! I slept in, I took a shower, I ate… oh wait. That was back in 2006. Sundays with twokids under 7years old don’t look like that no mo’, but hey, who’s complaining?! 😉

On the other hand, in 2006 I also didn’t really cook my own sticky chicken. Rather, I would hop over to my fave Asian restaurant and eat up all-the-chicken, trying to cure a Saturday night hangover… Fun dayz. And nights!

Regardless of my 20-something shenanigans,though,if you want to be extra deliciously awesome today, I urge you to get this sticky-chicken going, asap.

I mean, what can I say about it? It might not be YOUR world’s best thighs, butit’s just what my mouth wants to eatevery day all day.

SWEET AND STICKY CHICKEN THIGHS

Let’s get right down to it. I adore this mealfor many reasons, one of them being that you actually make your own spicy spice-rub, and you get to control the heat. Secondly, the honey sauce. It’s just a combination of honey and apple cider vinegar! I might be a bit biased, but I use STAR’s Unfiltered Organic Apple Cider Vinegar and it’s wonderful. Just an FYI.

If you want this to be even more awesome, I suggest cooking it in coconut oil – ohhhh yes.From the moment you taste it,it’s going to have you hooked to thisflavor-loaded, saucy, sticky and sweet treat.

Also, judging by how closely our food tastes align most of the time, I’m going to guess that you’lllove this just as much as me, and it will be added to your rotation just as it has been a part of mine for a long time.

P.S. One more thing that you and I love – this all happens in just one skillet. Or, one cast iron skillet. ’tis all. Love ya!

ENJOY!

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Spicy, Sweet and Sticky Chicken Thighs

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Spicy, Sweet and Sticky Chicken Thighs - An easy and quick one skillet meal including sticky, tender and delicious chicken thighs rubbed with a homemade spice rub and brushed with an amazingly sweet honey sauce.

Ingredients

FOR THE SPICE RUB

▢ 2 teaspoons , or to taste, chili powder
▢ 1 teaspoon or to taste , paprika
▢ 1 teaspoon ground cumin
▢ 2 teaspoons garlic powder
▢ 1/2 teaspoon salt
▢ 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

FOR THE HONEY SAUCE

▢ 1/3 cup honey
▢ 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

FOR THE CHICKEN

▢ 1 tablespoon unrefined , cold pressed coconut oil
▢ 6 to 8 boneless , skinless chicken thighs
▢ green onions , for garnish

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375F.
Melt coconut oil in a cast iron skillet over medium high heat.
Combine the spice rub ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined.
Rub the chicken with the prepared spice rub and toss to coat.
Add chicken to skillet and cook for 5 minutes on each side, or until browned.
Prepare the honey sauce by combining honey and apple cider vinegar in a mixing bowl; stir until well incorporated.
Remove chicken from heat and pour honey sauce over the chicken thighs, turning to coat.
Bake in oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
Remove from oven and let stand couple minutes.
Plate and garnish with green onions.
Serve.

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Nutrition

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Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Asian

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