Name: Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 pounds boneless (skinless chicken breasts or thighs); 4 cloves garlic (minced); 4 tablespoons brown sugar; 1 tablespoon Extra virgin olive oil; salt and pepper; 2 teaspoons honey chipotle seasoning (optional)

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Sometimes, the simplest recipes are the best. Nothing fancy. Nothing complicated. This garlic brown sugar chicken recipe is just that. Garlic brown sugar chicken is a simple oven-baked chicken recipe, full of flavor with less than 5 ingredients and can be on the table in 30 minutes.

Garlic brown sugar chicken is a simple oven-baked chicken recipe, full of flavor with less than 5 ingredients and can be on the table in 30 minutes.

Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken Ingredients

The ingredients are what the title explains: garlic, brown sugar, and chicken. Add some salt and pepper for good measure. But in all seriousness here are the exact ingredients you need to make the juiciest boneless, skinless chicken thigh recipe.

Boneless, skinless chicken thighs - Chicken breasts would work too
Garlic - a bulb of fresh garlic. The jarred kind would work as well
Brown sugar
Salt and pepper - Because everything needs salt and pepper in my world.
Honey-Garlic Seasoning - If you want to be fancier, grab this seasoning. It is the best. TOTALLY OPTIONAL.

How to Make Boneless, Skinless Chicken Thighs

Start by mincing four cloves of garlic and toasting in a small saute pan with a little extra virgin olive oil.

This doesn't have to be babysat but also toasts quickly.

When the garlic is light brown, remove it from the pan and put it into a small bowl.

Let the garlic cool a few minutes and then mix in four tablespoons of brown sugar.

Then place four boneless, skinless chicken breast or thighs in a square or round 9-inch dish. I love chicken thighs over breasts. The dark meat doesn't dry out like the white meat. If you used an oven-safe skillet like a cast-iron skillet with the garlic, go ahead and put the chicken in that pan and brown both sides of the chicken before baking.

Then simply sprinkle the brown sugar and garlic mixture over the chicken. Hit with salt and pepper to taste as well.

Roast chicken at 450 degrees for 30 minutes or until juices run clear. While the chicken is cooking the brown sugar will become very bubbly.

When the chicken is done, let it rest in the pan for several minutes before serving.

And then plate it up. I served this chicken over top caramelized onion and mushroom risotto. The results were fantastic. I had a hard time controlling myself from eating two full servings.

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Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken

Garlic brown sugar chicken is a simple chicken recipe, full of flavor with less than 5 ingredients and can be on the table in 30 minutes.

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Course: Entree

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Chicken thigh recipe

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 20

Total Time: 30

Servings: servings

Calories: 380kcal

Author: Leah @ Beyer Beware

Ingredients

2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs
4 cloves garlic minced
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon Extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper
2 teaspoons honey chipotle seasoning optional

Instructions

Toast garlic in a tablespoon of oil over medium heat in a small saute pan or cast iron skillet. When garlic is light brown, remove it from the pan and pour it into a small bowl. Mix brown sugar into garlic.
Season the chicken with salt and pepper or the honey chipotle seasoning and sear the chicken in the pan you toasted the garlic.
Place chicken in a 9 inch round or square baking dish or a cast iron skillet. Sprinkle garlic brown sugar over chicken. Season with salt and pepper to your taste.
Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until the juices run clear.
Remove from oven and let rest for several minutes before serving.

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Garlic brown sugar chicken is a simple chicken recipe, full of flavor with less than 5 ingredients and can be on the table in 30 minutes.

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A working mom of two very active teenagers. My husband and I gave up running the 80-cow dairy farm that also included a couple of hundred acres of corn and soybeans to both work to support the agricultural industry. We still have about 20 head of dairy heifers and cows to help my kids appreciate the effort it takes to raise livestock. I consider myself a foodie as I love cooking and experimenting with recipes. My family just wishes I would make the same thing twice. Find my other blog, FarmWifeDrinks.com for all things cocktails.