Garlicy Coconut Chicken Thighs

Slow-Cooker Garlic Ginger Coconut Chicken Thighs

Wow, this honestly was one of my favorite chicken recipes to date! If you don’t have a slow cooker… get one! Cook your favorite grain or carb to go under and catch all the sauce… I made it with bone broth pearled cous cous (recipe coming soon!) but rice would be great. This is a larger recipe, but worth it as the left overs are delicious for up to a week! If you want to make less chicken, keep the sauce measurements the same.

Serves 6.

Ingredients:

• 3lbs bone in, skin on chicken thighs.

• 1 can of coconut milk

• 1 cup of chicken broth

• 2 shallots, roughly chopped

• A tab of butter

• 6 garlic cloves, minced

• 6 teaspoons of minced ginger

• 2 anchovy fillets, or 2 inches of anchovy paste

• Avocado (or Extra Virgin olive oil if you don’t have it) for pan and crispy-ing skin

• 3 tablespoons of soy sauce

• Salt to taste

• 1 tspn of honey

• 1 tspn of rice wine vinegar (or apple cider if you don’t have)

Instructions:

1. In a medium sauce pan, medium heat, melt butter and smash your anchovy and mix into the butter. Then, throw in and sweat your shallots. Then, put in your garlic and ginger and stir around for about 2 minutes until fragrant.

2. Add coconut milk, soy sauce and chicken broth, bring to a boil.

3. Put a dash of avocado oil in the bottom of your slow cooker and lay salted chicken thighs in, pour the cocnut mixture over thighs. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours (7 hours if frozen!).

4. Once cooked, skim the fat off the top of the batch and dispose. Put thighs on a roasting pan, pat them super dry, drizzle a little avocado oil and salt on top. Set aside while you reduce your sauce.

5. Take coconut sauce into a saucepan and heat on high until boiling and reduce, should take 5-10 min. Once reduced, add your honey and rice vinegar and a BIG pinch of salt into your sauce. Taste it!! If its not dancing on your tongue add more salt.

6. Throw your dried/oiled/salted chicken thighs under the broiler until skin is browned and crispy. Don’t take your eyes off them! They will burn fast and dry out, no good.

7. Plate the chicken over your favorite grain and drench in the coconut sauce. I put a little fresh mint on the top as well and it was great!

   ENJOY!!!