Roasted Chicken Thighs With Hot Honey and Lime (Vallery Lomas, NYT Cooking)

Ingredients:

• 3 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
• Salt and black pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter (unsalted or salted), melted
• 2 tablespoons hot sauce
• 1 lime
• 2 tablespoons mild honey

Heat the oven to 450 degrees. On a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet, season the chicken all over with salt and pepper. Arrange the chicken skin side upthen roast until browned, 20 minutes.

While the chicken is roasting, combine the melted butter and hot sauce and whisk to combine; transfer half to a separate bowl and set aside for later. After the chicken has roasted for 20 minutes, brush the chicken all over with the remaining butter mixture. Continue roasting until the chicken is golden brown and cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes more. Remove the chicken thighs from the oven.

Zest the lime, then cut it in half. Add the honey and 1 teaspoon lime zest to the reserved butter-hot sauce mixture and whisk to combine, then brush over the chicken thighs and squeeze the lime juice on top. Serve immediately.