The Beauty of Thighs

This is one my cheap and easy (and not TOO bad for me) "go to" menu items.

Chicken thighs have very little fat, and actually a fair amount of white meat on them.  Call them the poor cousin of the chicken breast if you will, but I'm poor so I'll live with the label.  If you don't eat the skin, you consume less fat, but I can't resist. 

For some reason the Holly Farm brand chicken thighs at Kroger are considerably cheaper than the other brands so of course that's what I get.  Four thighs never cost more than $2.50.

I picked up a package of four this week for $2.01 and also a bottle of Kroger brand BBQ sauce for $1.17.  That's going to make two main serving of meat for $1.59 a serving and leave me a half a bottle of BBQ to something else with.

This is one of those things you either want to leave yourself time to make or do ahead and freeze for instant use.

Parboil those thighs for about 15 minutes.  [Parboil:  Put enough water in a pot to cover the thighs-bring it to a boil-add the thighs-keep at a low boil for 10-15 minutes] Then wrap those bad boys up in aluminum foil with a healthy dose of BBQ sauce and bake at 325 for about an hour and half.  The beauty part is that you can throw whatever kind of sauce you want on the chicken.  Or concoct something of your own.  I learned from one my Texas friends, Kandy Pople-Gill, that adding a little bit of cinnammon to the BBQ sauce varieties really adds "something" and it will make your house smell INSANELY good while they cook! 

You know they're done when you can easily pull the meat away from the bone with a fork.

Now dig in!