Broiled Chicken With Fig Sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 chicken legs-thighs, cut in two or 8 chicken thighs
• salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 cup dry wine
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 1 cup dried fig, stemmed and chopped
• 1 teaspoon coriander seed
• 1/2 orange, juice and zest of
• 1/2 lemon, juice of, to taste

Recipe

• 1 place broiler rack 4 to 6 inches from heat source, and turn broiler on.
• 2 sprinkle chicken on both sides with salt and pepper, and place skin-side down in a pan.
• 3 place honey in a 4- to 6-cup saucepan with one tablespoon water, and put on high heat.
• 4 let honey boil for a minute or so, then carefully add wine, cayenne, figs, coriander, orange zest and orange juice.
• 5 mixture should cook steadily; do not let it boil over.
• 6 broil chicken until it begins to brown on skinless side.
• 7 turn it over, then broil until it browns nicely and is cooked all the way through.
• 8 total broiling time will be about 25 minutes.
• 9 cook sauce until figs are very tender, about 15 minutes.
• 10 add lemon juice, then taste, and add more salt, cayenne or lemon as needed.
• 11 serve chicken with sauce spooned over it.