STARTING THE WEEK OFF WITH A ???. I know. It happened. It finally happened. It’s the strangest thing, I made honey garlic chicken thighs and to no one’s surprise but my own, I enjoyed them. It’s a little hard to say no to pan-crisped chicken that’s tender and juicy on the inside. But also the most addicting crunchy skin on the outside. Making it 3x as hard to not like → coating the thighs in an indonesian-style sauce that’s made with simple ingredients. Maybe I don’t hate bone-in chicken thighs after all. (read: maybe it’s just my love for all things drizzled in honey garlic ginger glaze that makes chicken thighs tolerable?) Speaking of Stranger Things! Are you guys watching? Can we discuss friends. Specifically what went down in the last episode! I mean.. WHAT?! Did you binge watch the first season? Are you addicted too? I won’t spoil anything for those of you that are savoring the show slowly and rationing out the episodes until season 2. But if you aren’t watching, please, get on it! We just finished it and I don’t know if I can wait till next year to see what happens! P.S. i’m dorkishly obsessed with Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin) and all his cuteness. ? P.P.S Does anyone else think that Joyce, Jonathan, and Will have the same haircut? Seriously cannot get over that. ?
And yes, these honey garlic chicken thighs are just as addicting as that show. And the best part — there are no special skills required! It’s as easy as browning the chicken in a skillet be it on the stove OR in the oven! I’m giving you directions for both because though it might be cool enough to start up that oven up north, down in the south here we just had a high of 90! Next, we use the pan drippings to make a sweet and tangy sauce that would be perfect to serve over white or brown rice with steamed broccoli as a side. What really gets me is that glaze-like sauce just cascading down the sides of a crispy chicken thigh that’s hot outta the oven. The sauce would work perfect for chicken wings or even chicken drumettes — insert one happy husband on football Sundays. The combination of garlic, honey, and ginger is going to make your mouth water. It’s the holy trinity of this recipe. Once the chicken is all cooked up, we’ll make the sauce in that same pan. All those golden delicious bits stuck to the bottom of the skillet will flavor our indonesian style sauce. All you need is: ✅ garlic ✅ grated ginger ✅ soy sauce ✅ honey ✅ rice vinegar ✅ red pepper flakes ✅ chicken broth
What makes these honey garlic chicken thighs so crispy and delicious? The longer cooking time. Cooking the chicken thighs on the stove allows the skin to sear and renders the fat leaving you with crisper skin and that makes us extra happy. We allow the chicken thighs to cook on the skin side down for 5-7 minutes. Also a bonus, you can discard most of the excess rendered fat. And I have a feeling that this indonesian sticky sauce would be perfect on sautéed shrimp too. YAS. Honestly I wanted to stand over the stove and sip spoonfuls of it because it was that Good. The perfect combination of sweet, tangy, spicy, and salty. Golden delicious chicken thighs cumin’ attcha in 3… 2… 1. ↓ ↓ ↓
The first time I made these on the stove top it was without a splatter screen and I lost my mind cleaning up chicken splatter from my floors, stove, EVERYWHERE. So consider purchasing a splatter guard or screen to stop from being in that situation. Or you can simply prepare them in the oven!
