Sticky Pantry Chicken Thighs Recipe

It’s a chicken thighs recipe slathered in a country-style glaze that’s sweet, sticky and optionally spicy with incredible flavour for such a quick recipe. I hope you love it! – Nagi x

Any day chicken thighs recipe

The sauce for this quick chicken thigh recipe tastes like a country style sauce, with a kick of heat if you so desire. The beauty of this recipe is that it’s made with ingredients you probably already have in your pantry. Hence why I call it a Sticky PANTRY chicken thigh recipe. Simple it may be, but the combination of ingredients creates a sauce that’s got terrific depth of flavour, and though I usually make this dish as a quick “OMG what am I going to make with this chicken tonight??!”, I’d proudly serve this up for company as well.

Chicken thighs, breast or tenders!

This recipe is suited to thighs, breast or tenders (aka chicken tenderloins). I usually tend to choose chicken thighs over breast simply because they have more flavour and are far more juicy than breast, and typically better value at the grocery store! But this will work just fine with breast too – just halve them horizontally to make thin steaks, then cook per the recipe.

What to serve on the side

Make dinner extra fabulous by serving these chicken thighs with this addictive Mushroom Rice! Add this Everyday Cabbage Salad for crunch (a great standby salad) or make a quick garden salad. Otherwise, try a lovely crisp salad with French Dressing, Italian Dressing or Balsamic Dressing. Hope you enjoy! – Nagi x Recipe originally published in April 2014. Updated with new photos in 2022, and some writing tidied up in 2024.