Spicy Honey Chicken

 

I am always on the look out for clean, tasty recipes. I made this YEARS ago and when thumbing through my recipes, decided to try it again. OOOOOHhhhh, its sooooo good. I could eat this all day, every day. Yes, I realize the recipe calls for thighs. Not the best cut of chicken. But its so juicy and tender. I've made them with chicken tenders and they are also very tasty. Yes, it has a lot of honey in the recipe but divided into 8, it's less than 1 TBS of honey, right?

Spicy Honey Chicken

 Recipe and Picture  by Our Best Bites http://ourbestbites.com/2008/06/spicy-honey-chicken/

 

Ingredients:

8 boneless skinless chicken thighs, about 2lbs (Yes, Thighs!!)
      everyone is always asking me if they can use breasts for this. Sure you can, but I’m tellin’ ya right now it’s better with thighs.

 2 t olive oil

 

Rub

2 t granulated garlic
2 t chili powder
1/2 t onion powder
1/2 t coriander
1 t kosher salt
1 t cumin
1/2 t chipotle chili powder

 

Glaze
1/2 C Honey
1T Cider Vinegar

Instructions:

 

Combine the rub spices in bowl and mix well.

Use kitchen shears (or a pair of clean scissors) to trim off any excess fat from the chicken pieces. Pat dry. Drizzle olive oil over chicken and rub in with your hands to lightly coat all the pieces. Then toss chicken with the spice rub to coat all sides well. Use your hands and get in there! Grill chicken for 3-5 minutes on each side, until cooked through.

 

While chicken is cooking, warm honey in the microwave so it’s not so thick. Add the vinegar and combine well. Reserve 2T honey glaze for later. Take the rest and brush on chicken (both sides) in the final moments of grilling.

 

Drizzle the remaining glaze on top of the chicken before serving.