Chicken thighs glazed with orange-thyme-cumin sauce

4 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupDry white wine
¼cupRed wine vinegar
¼cupFresh orange juice
2tablespoonsFresh lime juice
3tablespoonsSoy sauce, low sodium
2tablespoonsFresh thyme leaves; minced
1Clove garlic; minced
1tablespoonHoney
1teaspoonFresh ginger; minced
1teaspoonGround cumin
1Chopped jalapeno pepper; seeded, optional
8Skinless chicken thighs

Directions

Remove the skin and the surface layer of fat from the thighs. Rinse. Towel dry.

In a large nonstick skillet, combine the sauce ingredients, including the jalapeno. Over medium-high heat, bring the mixture to a boil, then add the chicken (bones up). Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove the cover, turn the chicken pieces over, raise the heat to medium and cook until the liquid is evaporated and the chicken is glazed, about 10 to 15 minutes. Adjust heat as necessary.

PanTry: Shoyu, a Japanese soy sauce that is lower in salt.

Substitutions: Vegetable stock or water for dry white wine. Canned jalapeno pepper. 1 tablespoon of garlic chives, snipped instead of clove garlic.

Do NOT substitute white meat.

Pat's note: If you make 6 thighs, do *not* reduce the recipe's sauce.

Halve the recipe for 4.

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #197 Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 20:02:16 -0700 (PDT) From: PatH <phannema@...>

NOTES : Maggie says she likes to serve this with grilled polenta slices and with a spinach salad. So, we served it with a cornbread baked with chopped spinach and crumbled gorgonzola. A mixed lettuce salad with radish and a raspberry vinaigrette (Girard's).

Review: Interesting competition of flavors. We enjoyed the sauce - and then raved about it when the peppers bit back.