Rum Chicken

Name: Rum Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Cajun
Ingredients: 5 teaspoons Cajun spices, divided; 1 teaspoon chipotle chili powder; 2/3 cup rum, divided; 8 chicken thighs with skin and bones, cleaned; 1/2 cup butter, divided; 1/8 cup brown sugar

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1 Reviews

Prep 15 min
Total 1 hr 30 min
Servings 8

This rum chicken is delicious! It’s the perfect combination of two cuisines, Mexican and Cajun. Cajun-style food is similar to Latin American food because it uses strong and spicy flavors, so this recipe feels natural. The result is a juicy chicken with a spicy, deep and slightly sweet flavor. You can get this with a mix of rum, Cajun spices, chipotle chili powder, and some brown sugar. This is an exquisite meal for a special event. MORE+ LESS-

By Tablespoon Kitchens

Updated July 17, 2017

Ingredients

teaspoons Cajun spices, divided

teaspoon chipotle chili powder

2/3

cup rum, divided

chicken thighs with skin and bones, cleaned

1/2

cup butter, divided

1/8

cup brown sugar

Steps

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1

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2

Combine 3 teaspoons Cajun spices, chipotle chili powder and 3 tablespoons rum until you get a soft paste. Cover the chicken thighs on both sides with the mix.
3

Melt a teaspoon butter in a big pan and brown the thighs, three minutes per side.
4

While the thighs brown, melt the rest of the butter with the sugar and two teaspoons Cajun spices in a pan. Pour the rest of the rum and stir constantly until you get a runny sauce.
5

Place the golden-brown thighs in a baking dish. Take half a cup sauce, set it aside and pour the rest over the chicken. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes.
6

While this bakes, pour the half a cup sauce into the pan where the meat was browned. Stir constantly over medium heat until the sauce dissolves everything in the pan. Continue stirring until you get a thick sauce. Remove from the heat and set aside.
7

After 30 minutes of baking, take the chicken out, pour the sauce on it, cover it again and bake for another 10 more minutes. Then, uncover it and bake for 5 minutes or until the chicken’s internal temperature, taken with a kitchen thermometer, reaches 180°F and the sauce has caramelized.
8

Serve with white rice.

Expert Tips

If you can’t find chipotle chili powder, you can use 1 marinated chipotle chili.
Save some baking time by using boneless thighs and following your oven’s instructions.
If you can’t find Cajun spices, make them at home by mixing garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, salt, thyme, black pepper, white pepper and cayenne chili.