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**21DFers: Sub chicken breasts for the thighs. Change preparation so that chicken is baked for 10 min per side at 425 degrees. Kick on the broiler, then brush with sauce and broil for 60 seconds a side.
Sweet and Spicy Chicken Thighs with Roasted Okra and Baked Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients:
3 lbs boneless,
skinless chicken thighs (pardon the large amount--remember how I said we used this for THREE dinners that week??)
3 tspn garlic
powder
2 tspn chile
powder
1 tspn salt +
some for sprinkling
2 tspn cumin
2 tspn parika
(smoked paprika is super yummy!!)
½-1 tspn cayenne
pepper
6 tbsp honey
2 tspn apple
cider vinegar
EVOO
pepper
3 sweet
potatoes, cut in half (enjoy ½ a potato with your dinner tonight. We need one
full potato for another night’s meal, so add/remove potatoes based on your
family size)
1 clamshell okra,
sliced from tip to end (leave end in tact)Preparation:
**Your oven will work overtime with this meal, but if you’re
strategic it all comes together easily!
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil to
make clean up easy. Rub potatoes halves with EVOO and sprinkle with a pinch of
salt. Place on baking sheet, cut side up, in the oven for 15 minutes.
While potatoes bake, toss okra with a tspn of EVOO and a
little salt and pepper. Set aside. In a large bowl combine garlic powder
through cayenne. Toss chicken thighs with spice mixture and leave in bowl to
soak up the spices.
When the 15 minutes is up, scoot the potatoes to one side of
the baking sheet, and place okra on the other half. Bake for another 15
minutes. Remove from oven and turn broiler on high. Set baked potatoes aside,
but okra will return to the oven on the bottom rack.
Line the bottom of your roasting pan (you know the weird on that comes with your oven??) with foil for
easy clean up. Spray the top rack with cooking spray. Lay chicken on pan. Place chicken on top rack in oven (remember
okra is on bottom) and broil for 5 minutes. Flip chicken over and broil for
another 5 minutes.
In a small bowl, mix together honey and vinegar. Brush
mixture on chicken and return to oven for 60 seconds. Flip chicken again, brush
other side, and pop back in oven for a final 60 seconds.
Leftovers two different ways! That's what I call a #momwin! |