Braised Chicken Thighs w/ Lime and Brown Sugar

I ran across a recipe online , and it gave ideas using limes and brown sugar . A little nervous in the beginning , i usually don’t use lime in chicken , lemons yes , but limes ? No , but i went along with it . It was pretty easy and simple ,i liked smoked paprika , so i made a mix of flour , smoked paprika and salt , and dredge the chicken on it . Braised them and finished cooking in the oven . The recipe is so easy and quick , not to mention it’s not that much of a mess that i had in my kitchen . I served this with jasmine rice and some sauteed vegetable .

You need :

10 chicken thighs , skin on

2 limes , zested and juiced

2/3 cup of all purpose flour

1tbsp. of salt

1 tbsp. of paprika

1 tbsp. of smoked paprika

4 tbsp. of brown sugar

1 cup of white wine

1 cup of chicken broth

mint leaves

1. Preheat oven to 375 F , wash and pat dry chicken thighs , and sprinkled with juice of 2 limes .

2. Heat up vegetable oil to braise the chicken . Mix flour , smoked paprika , paprika and salt , then dredge the chicken on the flour , shake off the excess , and brown chicken on each side , 5 minutes each , set aside . Continue with all the chicken thighs .

3. Put the chicken thighs on the baking dish , and then mix brown sugar with lime zest , and sprinkle on top of the chicken thighs , mix white wine and chicken broth , and pour into the baking dish . Chopped some mint leaves and sprinkle on top of the chicken thighs .

4. Bake chicken for about 45 minutes , once it’s all done , pour the juices into a skillet , and mix 2 tsp. cornstarch with little water , pour into the skillet , and whisking until it’s thicken . Or you can just have the broth as is without having to thicken it up with cornstarch .