Thursday, January 24, 2013

Sweet Heat Chicken Legs Recipe

I went to the supermarket yesterday and found a family pack of 6 chicken legs on sale for 5 dollars so I picked them up thinking I have no idea what I'm going to make with them because I am a boneless skinless thigh person, especially when using the slow cooker. I have tried to make breasts in the slow cooker and I don't know if its just the meat itself or if I just cook them too long but they are ALWAYS dry!
Along with the legs I had bought a bottle of sriracha chili sauce on sale at Superstore the day before ( yay for sales LOL) Ive never cooked with sriracha so I wanted to try something new.

Ingredients:

  • 5-6 Chicken Legs ( I'm sure this would make great wings or thighs as well)
  • 1/2 cup sriracha chili sauce
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2 tbsp sodium reduced soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup chicken and rib BBQ sauce (or any BBQ sauce you have would be good)
  • 3 cloves of garlic 
  • flour or cornstarch (add as needed for desired thickness) I used about a tbsp of cornstarch diluted in a tsp of water

Instructions:

  • Begin mincing garlic, in a mixing bowl combine ingredients including garlic and mix well
  • dip chicken in sauce mixture to cover both sides and put in slow cooker, pour remaining sauce over the chicken
  • cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours 
  • I use a turkey baster to continue pouring sauce over the chicken the whole time to keep them saucy...yes, I'm a slow cooker peeker haha but you could use a spoon or just mix the chicken every once in a while
 this is what mine looked like after dipping and adding to slow cooker, yummy right!



** I cooked my legs in the oven for 25 minutes beforehand at 425 degrees, because they were frozen and I wanted to take off some of the fat from the chicken, i omitted this step because it doesn't really change much... but if you choose to do this step then cook for 3 hours in slow cooker or as long as you'd like the flavors to marinate for

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