I've been in a cooking rut for a few weeks and quite frankly have been super unhealthy as a result. I'm sure I'm not the only mother whose diet has suffered as a result of preparing food based on her child's preferences. Ann gets on kicks of only wanting certain things and her meals have largely consisted of sweet peas, any kind of cheese (the stronger the better apparently) and fruit. So, to say I've been cooking is an understatement. I'll go ahead and confess that last week I mainly ate Halloween candy, zone bars and fritos. No seriously... that is what I ate for 4 days straight and the other 3 days had some random actual food thrown in. I felt like crapola, couldn't sleep and was cranky. Who woulda thought?? Duh.
On Friday I finally made it to the grocery store and was super proud of my goods when I loaded them onto the counter to check out. Does anyone else inspect other people's groceries as they check out? I totally do and I totally judge them by their choices. I know, it's bad. I like to look at my own groceries and judge myself too and let's just say I patted myself on the back and high fived Ann.
One thing I've been doing is buying cheap chicken. Not old chicken, CHEAP chicken. Not boneless skinless smart chicken breasts but good ole bone in chicken parts. Legs, thighs, necks... not necks. I've heard a chicken neck is good... somewhere. Just legs and thighs. It saves dollars!! Dollars!
So, this is what you need to use with this sauce. I'm still weird about picking apart the chicken and making sure there is nothing unsatisfactory in it since it's so natural but I'll say the flavor is better, the chicken is juicier and the Starbucks Salted Caramel Mocha I wasted the saved dollars on is quite warm in my belly.
What You Need:
6 Chicken Legs or a combo of your favorite parts...chicken parts that is
3 tbsp prepared mustard
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp garlic salt
3 tbsp Worcestershire
1 small lemon of juice
5 splashes of hot sauce (or more if you are not feeding this to a baby)
What You Do:
Grab your chicken parts and arrange them in a greased baking dish. I generously salt and pepper chicken since it has boring flavor. So do that. Throw your sauce ingredients in a bowl and whisk together until the sugar has dissolved. It will... it's magic... or the lemon juice. Then pour over your chicken and bake in a 375 degree oven for 45 minutes! After 45 minutes remove the chicken from the oven; turn the oven up to 425 to get it hot (I emphasize hottttt now in my head b/c of how we say it to Ann). So get it hotttttt and baste the chicken with the sauce in the bottom of your dish. I turned over my chicken so the other side could feel some sauce love too. Bake it uncovered still in the h o t t oven for another 10 to 15 minutes. The sauce will get really sticky and yummy and the skin on the chicken will begin to brown.
This was fall apart, yankee bbq goodness and super easy. I was able to bathe the babe, make two side dishes and fold a load of laundry before 6:30 while this cooked. Accomplishment and I didn't eat fritos for dinner.
The only thing I slacked on was a cooked chicken picture and the picture I took may or may not have been of the shiny bones we licked clean. Gross... I would never lick a chicken bone. Again, I'm weaning myself off of chicken breast. Having a hard time with the bone part still.
When you hear "cheaper chicken" does it make you think of Father of the Bride??? When the Dad is about the lose it on the wedding planner's assistant and he says "I want the chipper chicken"... anyone? ? ahhhh that movie cracks me UP!!
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