Chicken with Malta Sauce
This sweet and savory chicken recipe wins the award for incredible flavor, perfect tenderness and easy preparation thanks to one special ingredient: GOYA® Malta. With its bubbly carbonation and sweet molasses taste, this refreshing drink tenderizes the chicken while cooking down into a sweet glaze. Mustard and sofrito balance the flavors to make this a chicken recipe that’s perfect for any night of the week.
Total Time
30m
Prep Time:10m
Yields:4 Servings
Ingredients
6
<p><span>boneless chicken thighs</span></p>
1 tbsp.
1 tbsp.
1 tbsp.
<p><span>mustard</span></p>
1 tbsp.
<p><span> honey</span></p>
1 bottle
(12 oz.)
1½ tsp.
<p><span>corn starch</span></p>
1 tbsp.
<p><span>finely chopped fresh cilantro</span></p>
Directions
Step 1
<p>Season chicken thighs all over with Adobo. Transfer to plate and refrigerate, covered, at least 1 hour, or up to 12 hours. Bring to room temperature 15 minutes before cooking.</p>
Step 2
<p>Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken. Cook, flipping once, until well browned on both sides, about 7 minutes. Transfer chicken to plate. Add sofrito, mustard and honey to skillet; cook until sofrito begins to sizzle, about 1 minute. Pour malta into skillet and stir to combine with sofrito mixture.</p>
Step 3
<p>Add chicken, skin-side up, to skillet. Bring malta to boil. Reduce heat to medium low. Simmer, occasionally spooning malta sauce over chicken, until chicken is cooked through (internal temperature of 165°F) and sauce begins to thicken, about 10 minutes. Transfer chicken to serving platter; tent with foil to keep warm. Meanwhile, mix cornstarch with 1½ tsp. water and stir until combined. Stir cornstarch mixture into sauce; return sauce to boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens enough to coat back of spoon, about 2 minutes more.</p>
Step 4
<p>To serve, pour sauce over chicken; garnish with cilantro.</p>
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Chicken with Malta Sauce
Prep Time: 10m
Total time: 30m
Yields: 4 Servings
<p>This sweet and savory chicken recipe wins the award for incredible flavor, perfect tenderness and easy preparation thanks to one special ingredient: GOYA® <a title="Malta Goya" href="7526" data-id="9881">Malta</a>. With its bubbly carbonation and sweet molasses taste, this refreshing drink tenderizes the chicken while cooking down into a sweet glaze. Mustard and sofrito balance the flavors to make this a chicken recipe that’s perfect for any night of the week.</p>
Ingredients
6
<p><span>boneless chicken thighs</span></p>
1 tbsp.
1 tbsp.
1 tbsp.
<p><span>mustard</span></p>
1 tbsp.
<p><span> honey</span></p>
1 bottle (12 oz.)
1½ tsp.
<p><span>corn starch</span></p>
1 tbsp.
<p><span>finely chopped fresh cilantro</span></p>
Directions
Step 1
<p>Season chicken thighs all over with Adobo. Transfer to plate and refrigerate, covered, at least 1 hour, or up to 12 hours. Bring to room temperature 15 minutes before cooking.</p>
Step 2
<p>Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken. Cook, flipping once, until well browned on both sides, about 7 minutes. Transfer chicken to plate. Add sofrito, mustard and honey to skillet; cook until sofrito begins to sizzle, about 1 minute. Pour malta into skillet and stir to combine with sofrito mixture.</p>
Step 3
<p>Add chicken, skin-side up, to skillet. Bring malta to boil. Reduce heat to medium low. Simmer, occasionally spooning malta sauce over chicken, until chicken is cooked through (internal temperature of 165°F) and sauce begins to thicken, about 10 minutes. Transfer chicken to serving platter; tent with foil to keep warm. Meanwhile, mix cornstarch with 1½ tsp. water and stir until combined. Stir cornstarch mixture into sauce; return sauce to boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens enough to coat back of spoon, about 2 minutes more.</p>
Step 4
<p>To serve, pour sauce over chicken; garnish with cilantro.</p>
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