Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken

Another birthday...another birthday dinner :) Li'l man was on a roll with his birthday requests this year. 

     Me: "What do you want for your birthday dinner?" 
     Him: "Cake!" 
     Me: "Well you can have cake for a treat, but you need to have some real food first. So what do you want to eat before the cake?"
     Him: "Hmm...how about crackers cheese & jam?" 

Yeah, I convinced him to have pizza instead ;)

Well that was actually the pre-birthday celebration so I was racking my brain to see what special dish we could have for the actual birthday dinner. Thanks to Facebook (and Aunt Tony) I was inspired to try a recipe for brown sugar garlic chicken. I tweaked it a bit and came up with some finger-lickin' good chicken. Both boys had seconds and li'l miss kept trying to steal chicken off my plate. This meal was definitely a WINNER, WINNER...CHICKEN DINNER!!!

Happy Birthday

The brown sugar made for a nice crisp skin on the chicken & the pan sauce was so good I used it as a dip for the potato chips. And yes, those are homemade potato chips. Mommy went all out *yay* Top that Wendy's nuggets & fries...yes, that was his request too <hehehe>

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Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken
Ingredients
4 cloves garlic, minced
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon dried herbs (I used a rosemary mix)
1 teaspoon olive or canola oil*
2 chicken leg quarters

Directions
Preheat the oven to 375deg F.

In a small bowl, mix the garlic, sugar, herbs, and oil to make a rub. *If it seems a bit dry, just add a little more oil.

Place the chicken into a roasting pan or baking dish. Rub the mixture over the chicken, making sure to coat both sides. Place the dish in the oven and bake for 45 - 50 minutes, or until the juices from the chicken run clear.