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Citrus Mojo Chicken Thighs

Bronzed bone-in chicken thighs with crisp skin, red onion softened alongside, bright with orange and lime.

Citrus Mojo Chicken Thighs, plated and ready to serve
Serves
5
Total time
60 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$7.40

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 lb bone-in chicken thighs
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 2 lime
  • 6 clove garlic
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro(optional)

Method

  1. Whisk the orange juice, the juice of one lime, the minced garlic, cumin, oregano, 2 tablespoons of the oil, the salt and the pepper together.

  2. Put the chicken in the marinade skin-side up and leave it in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, or overnight if you have the time.

  3. Heat the oven to 425F. Lift the chicken out and pat the skin dry, keeping the marinade.

  4. Heat the remaining oil in an oven-safe skillet over medium-high. Lay the thighs skin-side down and leave them for 7 minutes, until the skin releases and is deeply browned. Turn them over.

  5. Scatter the sliced red onion around, pour in the reserved marinade, and transfer the pan to the oven for 30 to 35 minutes until cooked through.

  6. Squeeze the second lime over and finish with cilantro.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£23.57£4.7110 of 10 ingredients
Australia$54.64$10.9310 of 10 ingredients
Greece30,51 €6,10 €10 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏١٬٠٣٥٫٦٤ ج.م.‏‏٢٠٧٫١٣ ج.م.‏10 of 10 ingredients
Spain20,79 €4,16 €10 of 10 ingredients
United States$37.02$7.409 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$76.74$15.359 of 10 ingredients
Canada$88.29$17.669 of 10 ingredients
Germany49,39 €9,88 €9 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$703.33$140.679 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 65,89€ 13,189 of 10 ingredients

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