Sweet Tea Recipe
Pitchers of sweet tea made the Southern way — Grandmas sweet TEA, Vanilla Sweet Tea, Peach Sweet Tea, Sweet Tea Sangria — for hot afternoons and Sunday dinner.
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dinnerSweet Tea Cajun Chicken Thighs
Delicious and flavorful Cajun chicken thighs brined in sweet tea for a unique twist on a classic dish.
Chelsea AshIngredients
- 4-10 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
- 3 cups sweet tea
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 3 garlic cloves, smashed
- 1/2 onion
- to taste Cajun seasoning
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
Instructions
- 1In a large bowl, whisk together sweet tea and soy sauce.
- 2Add smashed garlic cloves and onion, stir.
- 3Add chicken thighs, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
- 4Remove chicken from brine, pat dry, and bring to room temperature.
- 5Season both sides of chicken with Cajun seasoning, salt, and pepper.
- 6Place chicken in air fryer, skin side up, and air fry at 380 degrees for 12-13 minutes.
- 7Flip chicken skin side down and air fry again at 380 degrees for 12-13 minutes.
- 8Flip once more, skin side up, for crispy skin at 380 degrees for 12-14 minutes.
- 9Serve and enjoy!
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Open in Pepper →A Pitcher Of Sweet Tea Fixes Everything
Sweet tea isn't complicated, but there's a right way and a wrong way. Steep it too long and it turns bitter, sugar it cold and it never dissolves. Get it right and there's a cold glass waiting every time somebody opens the fridge.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these when the porch is hot, when company's coming Sunday, or when the gallon jug is empty again by Wednesday afternoon.
Every recipe here is a real pitcher somebody makes at home — Southern Sweet Tea, Grandmas sweet TEA, SMOOTH SWEET TEA with a pinch of baking soda, Vanilla Sweet Tea, Refreshing Southern Peach Sweet Tea, and Sweet Tea Sangria for grown-ups. There's even Sweet Tea Cajun Chicken Thighs if you want tea for supper too.
Quick Tips
- 1
Steep no longer than five
Pull the tea bags at 5 minutes. Any longer and the tannins turn the whole pitcher bitter, and no amount of sugar covers it.
- 2
Add sugar while hot
Stir 1 to 1 1/2 cups sugar into the hot concentrate and stir until you can't feel grit on the spoon. Cold water won't dissolve it.
- 3
Try a pinch of soda
A pinch of baking soda, about 1/8 teaspoon per gallon, cuts the bitterness and keeps the tea from clouding up in the fridge.
- 4
Cool before you chill
Let the pitcher sit on the counter 20 to 30 minutes before it goes in the refrigerator. Going straight from hot to cold makes tea cloudy.
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