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Sticky sticky chicken recipe

Sweet, savoury and a little sticky, these chicken thighs make an easy family dinner before the Halloween festivities begin.

Serve with rice, mashed potatoes or egg noodles for a meal that goes well beyond trick-or-treating season.

Looking for a quick and easy recipe the kids will love before they head out trick or treating on Halloween?  This sweet and sticky chicken dish will quickly become a favourite of your ghosts and goblins, young and old, long past the 31st.

Sticky sticky chicken recipe
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Sticky Sticky Chicky

Bone-in chicken thighs simmered in a sweet and savoury sauce of brown sugar, soy sauce and garlic for an easy, family-friendly dinner.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 8 skin-on bone-in chicken thighs
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
  • 1/3 cup green peppers, julienne (optional)
  • Boiling water to making approximately 1 cup sauce

Garnish

  • green onion, finely cut on the diagonal
  • sesame seeds, toasted

Instructions

  • Heat oil in large skillet (or electric frying pan) to medium-high. 
  • Salt and pepper chicken thighs on both sides.
  • When oil is hot, place chicken thighs in the pan, skin side down, and brown for 8-10 minutes—turn chicken over and brown the other side.
  • In a 2-cup measure, combine the brown sugar, soy sauce, minced garlic and enough boiling water to total about 1 cup.
  • Remove chicken from frying pan and discard the liquid left in the pan but don’t wash the pan. (Tip: never pour hot oil down the sink, it hardens and clogs the pipes.)
  • Pour the contents from the measuring cup into the frying pan and place back on medium-high heat. When the liquid starts to boil, place chicken back into the pan, skin side down. Allow to continue bubbling for 5 minutes then add green pepper, if using.
  • Turn heat down to low or medium-low, cover and simmer for 45 minutes, turning chicken every 15 minutes. (Remove lid for the last 5-10 minutes of cooking.)
  • Remove from heat and allow to stand, lid off, for 5 minutes before serving.
  • Serve with rice, mashed potatoes or egg noodles—garnish with green onions, sesame seeds.