In the game of weeknight cooking, this recipe is about as simple as you can get. You can even prepare this marinade the night before and let your chicken marinate in the fridge overnight and until you get home from work the next day. I for one love chicken thighs, but I prefer the boneless and skinless kind over the one with all the skin. Don’t let the length of the recipe scare you. I merely included instructions for you how to cook your rice and steam your broccolini. There really isn’t much to this recipe in terms of labor involved, but there’s lots to say when it comes to flavor. One could say that I love honey garlic anything and that would be correct. Throw in some good Sriracha sauce in there and I’ll be your best friend.
Ingredients
Chicken
Protein – Chicken thighs boneless and skinless. Broccolini – Trim the ends so that they look presentable and cook evenly across the board. Rice – Be sure to use uncooked rice, I chose Basmati to use today. Parsley – Fresh and chopped up fine, use as much or as little as you’d like!
Marinade
Garlic – Use as much or little as you like. Onion – 1 small onion chopped up fine. Sauces – I used both soy sauce and sriracha today, but hot sauce is totally optional and up to your preference. Honey – We want a nice element of sweet stickiness with our thighs today and honey is the ticket! Broth – Chicken broth, low sodium to control our salt content. Seasoning – Salt and pepper.
What’s Broccolini?
Broccolini is a vegetable similar to broccoli with smaller florets and longer, thin stalks. It is a hybrid of broccoli and kai-lan which is a Chinese kale. You can substitute broccoli for broccolini in this recipe.
Do I Have To Use Chicken Thighs?
You can use any type of chicken cut that you like! Chicken breast, bone-in thighs, even drumsticks. Just keep in mind that switching up your cut of chicken may affect your cook time, so keep any eye on that chicken.
How To Make Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs
Rice and veggies
Chicken
What’s The Deal With Drippings?
And let’s not even talk about those drippings. Well if you must, the drippings are insane. Just drizzle some over your chicken and rice and your dish will be divine. So save them, because those drippings are liquid gold!
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Rice
If you haven’t been rinsing your rice up until this moment, well now is the time to start. Rinsing your rice gets rid of all that pesky starch that clings to the surface of every little grain. This will ensure that your rice will fluff up properly and prevent it from becoming a goopy sticky mess.
What Tools Do I Need To Make Chicken Thighs
You can always make this right on the stove top and with your oven, keep it basic and and easy. But if you have a rice cooker, I highly recommend you use that to make both your rice and to steam your veggies. Use the vegetable steaming basket that most rice cookers come with to accomplish this.
Leftovers
Store leftover chicken in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days.
Freezing
Freeze this stored in airtight containers for up to 3 months!
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