Mahogany Chicken

Name: Mahogany Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 8 , bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (5 ounces each), trimmed of excess fat; , Ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons, vegetable oil; 1/2 cup, soy sauce; 1/4 cup, sugar; 2 tablespoons, mirin, sweet sherry, or white wine; 2 teaspoons, grated fresh ginger; 1 medium clove, garlic, minced; 1/2 teaspoon, cornstarch; 2 , scallions, sliced thin on diagonal

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2005

Main Courses

Chicken

30-Minute Suppers

We wanted to add a chicken dish to our 30-minute repertoire, without exhausting another tired, old recipe.

SERVES4

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our Mahogany Chicken recipe started with browning the chicken thighs—skin side first—until deeply browned and very crisp. We then flipped the meat and cooked the second side for about half the time. This method melted away much of the fat b...

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