Cheap Meals:Mexican Honey Chicken

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

This is a simple and tasty recipe that is also a dinner deal assuming you’re working with a well stocked pantry. The recipe incorporates a Mexican inspired spice rub and a honey glaze. We served it with cauliflower on the side, but you can pair it with almost any veggie you like.

The flavor is nice and not what you would expect. The honey is not strong and the spices do not taste like taco seasoning. It just has a really yummy savory flavor.

Ingredients:

-1 pkg of chicken thighs with skin @$4.00 (Chicken breasts with skin could be used as well)
-2-3 tbsp Olive oil @$0.50
-Spice blend @$0.75 (feel free to adjust flavor ratios as you see fit):
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tbsp onion powder
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder
-1/2 cup honey @$0.50
-1 tablespoon cider vinegar @$0.10

-Head of cauliflower as side dish @$2.00 (Prices vary in our area, this is the going rate right now–in season it costs just $0.99–so you may see higher or lower prices depending on the store you shop at.)

Total Cost:$7.10

Feeds: As many people as there are chicken pieces. In our case 4.

Cooking Time: About an hour but just 30 minutes of actual work.

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 F and prepare cookie sheet by covering it in foil (this recipe gets gooey when the honey caramelizes, you’ll want the easy clean up the foil provides).

2.Make the spice blend.

3.Pat chicken dry with paper towels and lube thoroughly with olive oil.

4.Roll chicken in spice blend and coat on both sides. Place on cookie sheet.

5.Roast chicken for 20-ish minutes at 400F.

6.While chicken is roasting, prepare your veggie side.

7.At the 20 minute mark, pour honey-vinegar glaze over the chicken (BUT hold a tablespoon or two in reserve). Reduce temperature to 375F and roast for another 20-ish minutes. Keep an eye on the chicken to be sure the skin doesn’t burn.

8.Pour remaining glaze on chicken once it is done cooking.

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