This is super easy and delicious.
Spicy Honey-Brushed Chicken Thighs
Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Jan Gautro
One of the most popular Cooking Light chicken recipes, these sweet and spicy grilled chicken thighs are flavored with chili powder, cumin, garlic and cider vinegar.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 chicken thighs)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 321
- Calories from fat: 31%
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated fat: 3g
- Monounsaturated fat: 4.1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2.5g
- Protein: 28g
- Carbohydrate: 27.9g
- Fiber: 0.6g
- Cholesterol: 99mg
- Iron: 2.1mg
- Sodium: 676mg
- Calcium: 21mg
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 8 skinless, boneless chicken thighs
- Cooking spray
- 6 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
Preparation
- Preheat broiler.
- Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl. Add chicken to bowl; toss to coat. Place chicken on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Broil chicken 5 minutes on each side.
- Combine honey and vinegar in a small bowl, stirring well. Remove chicken from oven; brush 1/4 cup honey mixture on chicken. Broil 1 minute. Remove chicken from oven and turn over. Brush chicken with remaining honey mixture. Broil 1 additional minute or until chicken is done.
Spicy Honey-Brushed Chicken Thighs Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Main Dishes
- CONVENIENCE: Kid-Friendly, Quick/Easy
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Poultry
- COOKING METHOD: Broil
- OCCASION: Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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