Dinner

Seared Chicken Thighs with Barbecue Pan Sauce & Charred Okra

Name: Seared Chicken Thighs with Barbecue Pan Sauce & Charred Okra
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 28 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (about 6 oz each); 1 teaspoon kosher salt; ½ teaspoon black pepper; 1 tablespoon smoked paprika; ½ teaspoon garlic powder; 8 oz fresh okra, trimmed; 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided; ½ cup diced yellow onion; 3 cloves garlic, minced; ½ cup tomato sauce (or crushed tomatoes); 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard; ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper; ¼ cup chicken stock; 1 tablespoon butter (for swirling at the end)

Bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs seared until the skin crackles, then finished in a built pan sauce of tomato, vinegar, brown sugar, and smoked paprika—real Southern technique without fuss. Served alongside crispy-fried okra. A confident weeknight dinner with genuine depth.

968calper serving 52gprotein 36gcarbs 69gfat 12min prep 28min cook 2serves

✓ Macros from a nutrition database · per serving · developed by The Delicious Kitchen with AI assistance, not independently kitchen-tested · how we calculate this