Chile-garlic Chicken Legs

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 4 chicken legs, drumsticks and thighs separated (2-1/2 pounds total)
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 3/4 cup vinegar
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/4 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. add chicken, skin side down, and cook until skin is golden and crisp, about 5 minutes. flip and cook 2 minutes more. transfer chicken to a plate. (may need to do this in batches, depending on the size of your saucepan.).
• 2 discard all but 1 tablespoon fat from pan. add garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 30 seconds.
• 3 stir in vinegar, soy sauce, red-pepper flakes, and sugar.
• 4 return chicken to pan, skin side up. bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to low; cook 15 minutes (liquid should be gently simmering; adjust heat if necessary).
• 5 uncover, raise heat to medium, and cook until sauce is reduced by half, at least 10 minutes.