Hen Thighs, Mexican-Fashion, spring flowers · Thyme for Cooking

I don’t keep in mind why I known as these Mexican Hen Thighs.

Was it the inexperienced pepper? The spices? The candy corn?

I’m considering it was the candy corn.

Candy corn was a summer season staple the place I grew up, with farm vehicles on each nook promoting it for a lot of the summer season.

In winter we had our alternative of frozen – kernels, cobs, sauced or not, in addition to canned.

After we moved right here candy corn, together with butternut squash, had been think about pig meals. Each had been grown to feed the pigs. Sometimes they had been additionally given to the chickens.

One might purchase canned candy corn right here – to placed on pizza which was the one approach I ever noticed it eaten.

Think about my happiness when the frozen meals retailer began carrying frozen candy corn.

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Hen Thighs, Mexican-Fashion

We served this simple dinner with rice on the aspect.

• Writer: Kate
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook dinner Time: half-hour
• Complete Time: 40 minutes
• Yield: 2 servings 1x
• Class: Hen
• Methodology: Skillet

• 4 hen thighs
• 1 onion, roughly chopped
• 1/2 inexperienced bell pepper, roughly chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 cups (15oz, 450gr) chopped tomatoes, juices reserved for one more use
• 1 tbs tomato paste
• 1 cup (5oz, 150gr) candy corn
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1 tbs olive oil

• Warmth oil in a medium skillet over medium warmth. 
• Add onion, pepper, and sauté till tender, about 7 minutes. 
• Add garlic, spices, and sauté a couple of minutes longer.  
• Transfer greens to the aspect, add hen thighs and brown on either side, about 5 minutes. 
• Add tomatoes, cowl and simmer for quarter-hour, till hen is cooked by means of. 
• Add candy corn, tomato paste and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes longer, to prepare dinner the corn and thicken the sauce barely.
• Serve from the skillet

Notes

You could possibly use hen breasts rather than the thighs,
You’ll be able to freeze the juices from the tomatoes for one more use.

Key phrases: hen thighs, candy corn, skillet hen

For various flavors: Balsamic Hen with Pink Cabbage

Yearly I believe the spring is totally different / unusual.

I now suppose that inconsistency in flower blooming is regular and it’s my expectations which can be mistaken.

My Japanese quince that usually bloom in January are blooming together with the hyacinth. They’re normally stuffed with blossoms. This 12 months they’re pathetic and never price a photograph.

The hyacinth are fairly, although.

And the lavender determined to not die again this winter. So it’s a pleasant backdrop.

The weeds are doing very well this winter, additionally.