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Cuban anise chicken

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 4 medium-sized chicken legs
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 300 g honey, liquid
  • 1 tsp, leveled anise powder
  • Anise, fresh
  • 250 g peanuts, unsalted
  • some salt
  • some pepper, coarsely ground

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour 20 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 40 minutes

with peanuts

Place the chicken thighs in a baking dish with a little sunflower oil and bake in the oven at 200°C for about 30-40 minutes until crispy. For the sauce, combine the honey and anise powder, and perhaps a little fresh anise. Add the peanuts and season with salt and pepper. Spread the sauce over the chicken thighs. Continue baking in the oven at 180°C for about 30-40 minutes, until the peanuts are shiny brown and the sauce is bubbling away. Serve with rustic bread and a mixed salad.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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