Honey Sriracha Chicken Thighs
This recipe yields a batch of relatively spicy chicken thighs. If you don't like spicy foods, you can add more honey and less sriracha. Conversely, if you like spicy foods, consider a 1:1 ratio of sriracha and honey.
- Category: meat
- Time: 40 min
Source: https://publicdomainrecipes.com/honey-sriracha-chicken-thighs/ — Kevin Anderson · publicdomainrecipes.com
Ingredients
- bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs — 5 pcs
- olive oil — 1 tbsp
- honey — 0.3333333333333333 cup
- sriracha hot sauce — 2 tbsp
- kosher salt — 0.5 tsp
- black pepper — 0.5 tsp
- Sesame seeds as a garnish (optional)
Steps
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Season the chicken. Rub the thighs with some olive oil and season liberally with salt and pepper.
- Place the chicken thighs in a cold skillet, skin-side down. Cook for 15 minutes on medium-low heat without touching them.
- Prepare Sriracha sauce by stirring honey and sriracha together in a bowl.
- Flip the chicken thighs. Cook for another 10 minutes.
- Place chicken thighs on baking tray (or just use skillet if using a cast-iron skillet). Drizzle the sriracha sauce on both sides of the chicken, coating it. You do not have to use all of it.
- Bake chicken thighs for 15 minutes.
- Test chicken for doneness. Chicken should reach internal temperature of 165°F.
- If chicken is near done (or done), you can baste a second time with the remaining sauce (you can make more sauce if you need) and return to oven for 5 more minutes. Do not worry about overcooking; chicken thighs are difficult to overcook.
- When chicken is done, let cool for a few minutes and garnish with sesame seeds before serving.