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Asian-Glazed Chicken Thighs

by Pam on February 21, 2013

I found this Cooking Light recipe on Myrecipes^[1] and thought it would pair nicely with my husband’s favorite Asian Noodle Salad^[2]. I halved the recipe and reduced the sriracha (for the kids) but other than that made it as written. It was simple to make, smelled amazing while it baked, and tasted even better. We all loved it and I know I will be making it again someday soon.

Combine the vinegar, soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, sriracha, and garlic together in a large zip lock bag. Seal and mix well until thoroughly combined. Add the trimmed chicken thighs to the marinade; seal and place into the refrigerator for 3-4 hours, turning occasionally.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with tin foil then place a wire rack on top of the baking sheet. Coat the wire rack with cooking spray.

Remove the chicken from the bag, reserving marinade.

Place the reserved marinade in a small saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Cook for 2 minutes or until syrupy, stirring occasionally. Place the chicken thighs on top of the wire rack. Season with sea salt, to taste.

Place into the oven and back for 10 minutes; baste with the cooked down marinade. Bake an additional 5-10 minutes; baste. Discard remaining marinade. Bake an additional 10 minutes or until done. Let the meat rest for 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy.

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Asian-Glazed Chicken Thighs

Yield: 4

Prep Time: 10 min. + 3-4 hour marinading

Cook Time: 25-30 min.

Ingredients:

2 1/2 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 1/2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp sesame oil
1/2-1 tsp sriracha
5 cloves of garlic, minced
5 boneless skinless chicken thighs, trimmed of any fat
Sea salt, to taste

Directions:

Combine the vinegar, soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, sriracha, and garlic together in a large zip lock bag. Seal and mix well until thoroughly combined. Add the trimmed chicken thighs to the marinade; seal and place into the refrigerator for 3-4 hours, turning occasionally.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with tin foil then place a wire rack on top of the baking sheet. Coat the wire rack with cooking spray.

Remove the chicken from the bag, reserving marinade.

Place the reserved marinade in a small saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Cook for 2 minutes or until syrupy, stirring occasionally. Place the chicken thighs on top of the wire rack. Season with sea salt, to taste. Place into the oven and back for 10 minutes; baste with the cooked down marinade. Bake an additional 10 minutes; baste. Discard remaining marinade. Bake an additional 5-10 minutes or until done. Let the meat rest for 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy.

Adapted recipe and photos by For the Love of Cooking.net
Original recipe by Cooking Light – March 2011

References

^{^} Myrecipes (www.myrecipes.com)
^{^} Asian Noodle Salad (www.gordon-ramsay-recipe.com)
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Curried fish in yoghurt

This is a really terrific fish curry that I found in Guardian Weekend by Vivek Singh, via Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

Watch out for the chilli in this – the way I use chillies is to buy packs of non-descript chillies from Waitrose and then let them sit in a jar until I need to use them. Of course, while they’re sitting around they famously get very hot. I used one large one in this curry, no seeds, and it was fucking spicy. I mean, I don’t really mind because I’m rock hard like that (I was especially tough and cool when I GOT SOME IN MY EYE!!!).

But the thing is, because you’re not going to cook the chilli much here, you need to have a care for how hot your chilli might be whatever stage in its life it is and you might, perhaps, only put half in.

Anyway I really recommend this, it was delicious and doesn’t take long. Like all curry recipes, the ingredients list doesn’t seem to half go on for bloody ever, but it’s worth buying everything in if you don’t have it, especially the cinnamon sticks, which really make this extra yummy, in my opinion.

Even though I’ve always thought that cinnamon in curry is a bit gross, like fruit in leafy salads. But it’s nearly Christmas for god’s sake!!! You ought to have cinnamon sticks poking out of every drawer.

Curried fish in yoghurt
enough for 4

300g plain whole-milk yoghurt (I used Greek yoghurt, which was fine)
2 tsp grated fresh ginger
2 cloves garlic, grated
1 tsp ground turmeric
1/2 tsp chilli powder
salt and pepper
500g white fish – haddock or similar, cut into chunks
oil for frying
1 bay leaf
2 cardomom pods, squashed with the flat of a knife blade
1 cinnamon stick
3 cloves
1 large onion, or three tiny ones, chopped or finely sliced
chilli, de-seeded and chopped or sliced
Fresh coriander and black onion seeds to scatter over the top if you fancy although on reflection, what with my rodent issues, onion seeds look a lot like mouse poo. This did not occur to me last night as I was eating this, which is a good thing. Sorry I’ve really ruined the whole thing for you now.

1 Mix together the yoghurt, ginger, garlic, turmeric, chilli powder and large pinch of salt. Turn the fish out into the marinade and leave for 30 mins.

2 Heat the oil in a pan then add the bay leaf, cardomom, cinnamon and cloves. Cook these for 2-3 minutes until you can smell the cinnamon and cloves. Add the onion and chilli and turn the heat right down. Cook these, turning often, for 10 minutes (use a timer).

3 Add the fish and its marinade and cook for 10 minutes. Turn it once carefully during cooking as you don’t want to smash up the fish. Cooked yoghurt always ends up looking a bit grainy and gross, so don’t worry about that.

4 Add more salt if you think it needs it (it probably does) and then scatter over coriander and onion seeds if you want to.

In fact, with all these cinnamon and cloves it’s really quite a Christmassy dish.

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Mustard-Maple Chicken Thighs

by Pam on December 13, 2012

I had some chicken thighs that I wanted to make for dinner so I went in search of a tasty recipe to use. I found a recipe on Myrecipes^[1] that looked wonderful. My family really enjoyed the Maple-Mustard Glazed Chicken Breasts^[2] that I made earlier in the year. This recipe is different from the other but just as delicious! My husband, daughter, and I liked it a lot but my son didn’t like the mustard flavor. You can’t win them all. I served this chicken with the Long Grain and Wild Rice with Mushrooms & Shallots^[3] for a tasty and healthy meal.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Combine the spicy brown mustard, sugar, maple syrup, yellow mustard, apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, onion powder, and minced garlic together in a bowl; mix until well combined. Pour half of mixture in a zip lock plastic bag then add the chicken thighs to the bag; squish the chicken around in the marinade to make it evenly coated. Reserve remaining marinade/sauce in a small bowl. Chill 4 hours.

Heat the olive oil in an OVEN PROOF skillet over medium high heat. Season both sides of the chicken thighs with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.

Place chicken into the skillet and cook for 4 minutes or until the chicken is golden brown; flip the chicken over and place into the preheated oven. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Serve with reserved mustard mixture. Enjoy.

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Yield: 4

Prep Time: 5 min.

Cook Time: 25 min.

Total Time: 30 min.

Ingredients:

2 1/2 tbsp spicy brown mustard
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 1/2 tbsp maple syrup
1 tbsp yellow mustard
1/2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp soy sauce
Dash of onion powder
1 garlic clove, minced
5 boneless and skinless chicken thighs
1/2 tbsp olive oil
Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Combine the spicy brown mustard, sugar, maple syrup, yellow mustard, apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, onion powder, and minced garlic together in a bowl; mix until well combined. Pour half of mixture in a zip lock plastic bag then add the chicken thighs to the bag; squish the chicken around in the marinade to make it evenly coated. Reserve remaining marinade/sauce in a small bowl. Chill 4 hours.

Heat the olive oil in an OVEN PROOF skillet over medium high heat. Season both sides of the chicken thighs with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.

Place chicken into the skillet and cook for 4 minutes or until the chicken is golden brown; flip the chicken over and place into the preheated oven. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Serve with reserved mustard mixture. Enjoy.

Adapted recipe and photos by For the Love of Cooking.net
Original recipe by MyRecipes

References

^{^} Myrecipes (www.myrecipes.com)
^{^} Maple-Mustard Glazed Chicken Breasts (www.gordon-ramsay-recipe.com)
^{^} Long Grain and Wild Rice with Mushrooms & Shallots (www.gordon-ramsay-recipe.com)
^{^} Print Recipe (www.gordon-ramsay-recipe.com)
^{^} Save to ZipList Recipe Box (www.gordon-ramsay-recipe.com)