Hoisin Chicken

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Hoisin chicken is a quick and easy dinner with a homemade hoisin sauce that's a great option for busy nights. It's ready in under 45 minutes. Recipe adapted from Cooking Light magazine, 2013.

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Course: Entree

Cuisine: Asian

Servings: servings

Calories: 331kcal

Author: Cynthia

Ingredients

Sauce Ingredients

1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
4 Tablespoons orange juice
2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 Tablespoons honey
1 1/2 Tablespoons hoisin sauce
2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch

Chicken

2 pounds bone-in chicken thighs

Instructions

In a large baking dish or zip-lock bag, mix first 6 ingredients; soy sauce through chili garlic sauce. Turn to coat both sides.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Allow to meat to marinate 30 minutes at room temperature, or overnight in fridge.
Place chicken on a baking rack over rimmed baking sheet sprayed with vegetable or olive oil. Bake chicken for 15 minutes. Reserve marinade.
Combine reserved marinade with corn starch and heat over medium heat stirring occasionally, until mixture comes to a boil, about 3 minutes, or until mixture thickens.
Remove chicken from oven and baste again with marinade. Bake an additional 15 minutes, or until chicken is done and has reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
Toss or brush chicken with any remaining cooked marinade.

Notes

For weekly meal prep, prepare marinade and seal chicken in zip lock freezer bag and freeze for up to 2 months. Defrost chicken in the refrigerator for 24 hours before cooking.

Because the marinade is used on raw chicken, it's important to bring the marinade to a boil and cook for about 3 minutes before brushing it on cooked chicken.

Tamari may be substituted for soy sauce.

Chicken drum sticks can be substituted in place of thighs. They won't need as long to cook.

Use skin on thighs over skinless chicken thighs for best results.

Hoisin sauce and chili garlic sauce can be found in the Asian aisle of most supermarkets.

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