[Recipe] Honey-Coca Cola Chicken
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Serves: 4
 
Quick, easy and delicious. You probably have everything already in your kitchen, with the possible exception of the can of coca cola.
Ingredients
  • 1 tbs vegetable oil
  • ½ large onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 can Coca-Cola
  • 1 6 oz can tomato paste
  • ½ cup honey
  • ½ cup apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tbs brown sugar
  • ½ tbs black pepper
  • ½ tbs onion powder
  • ½ tbs garlic powder
  • ½ tbs ground mustard
  • ½ lemon - juiced
  • 1 tsp cayenne
  • 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tbs canola oil
  • 4 chicken thighs
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Add oil to sauce pan and place over medium/low heat. When warmed, add onion and garlic and let soften.
  3. While onions and garlic are softening, add the rest of the ingredients (except for chicken) to a large bowl and whisk. Add the sauce to the pan and reduce for 30 minutes on the stove top.
  4. While sauce reduces, dry the chicken thoroughly with paper towels. Be sure to dry under the skin as well. Heat 2 tbs canola oil in a heavy bottomed cast iron skillet. Just before it starts to smoke, add chicken skin side down.
  5. Cook until brown and crispy. If the skin sticks, leave it. It will release on its own when it's properly browned. Flip chicken skin side up and then place in the oven.
  6. Cook for 15 minutes, then remove chicken and brush with sauce. Place back in the oven and cook for 5 minutes. Pull out and reapply sauce. Continue adding more sauce and sticking back in the oven again and again until a thermometer reads 145.
  7. Pull the chicken out of the oven and let rest. It will rise to the appropriate temperature while resting.
Recipe by MindStorm Photography Blog and Gallery at https://www.mindstormphoto.com/2016/02/22/recipe-honey-coca-cola-chicken/