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🍽️ Crispy Chicken Thighs with Sweet and Sour Leek Vegetables

489 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 chicken drumsticks (or 8 chicken drumsticks)
• salt
• pepper
• paprika powder
• fat (for the baking dish)
• 2 medium carrots (peeled, sliced)
• 2 stalks leek (washed, cleaned, sliced)
• 3 mandarins
• 1 tbsp butter
• 2 shallots (finely chopped)
• 0.125 l white wine
• 0.125 l chicken broth
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the chicken thighs under running water.
2. 2. Pat the meat completely dry with a kitchen towel.
3. 3. Rub the thighs generously with salt, pepper, and paprika powder.
4. 4. Place the seasoned chicken thighs in a lightly greased casserole dish.
5. 5. Roast the meat at 200 degrees for 35 minutes in the oven.
6. 6. Heat the butter in a large pan.
7. 7. Sauté the carrots and shallots in the hot butter.
8. 8. Add the leek and sauté it briefly.
9. 9. Deglaze the vegetables with wine and broth.
10. 10. Simmer the vegetables with the lid on for about 5 minutes.
11. 11. Remove the lid and let the liquid reduce slightly.
12. 12. Season the vegetables with salt and pepper to taste.
13. 13. Peel the mandarins and separate them into segments.
14. 14. Add the mandarin segments to the vegetables and warm them briefly.
15. 15. Serve the finished chicken thighs on top of the leek vegetables.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 489
• Protein: 33 g · Fett/Fat: 30 g · Carbs: 16 g