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Recipe: Sous Vide Chicken Thighs in Sticky BBQ Sauce

Published on June 22, 2015 by Helen 16 Comments
Last Updated on October 22, 2018

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The best chicken thighs ever! Cooked in the sous vide and then finished in the pan smothered with homemade BBQ sauce

Sous vide cooking, once the preserve of restaurants and chefs with exorbitantly expensive equipment, has been in the reach of the keen home cook for a few years now with a number of companies producing sous vide water ovens for a few hundred pounds.   For those with shallower pockets, and some knowledge of electronics, it is perfectly possible to use a temperature probe and thermostat to turn a slow cooker into a sous vide. I asked Ed to Macgyver me one – Maplin and Screwfix would have provided all the bits but we never got round to it.

A more elegant solution comes in the form of the Codlo, which converts your analogue slow or rice cooker into a sous vide.  You simply dunk the temperature probe into a slow cooker full of water, plug the cooker into the Codlo, then the Codlo into an electric socket.  Set the temperature and cooking time and away you go.  The Codlo turns the power on and off to keep the water at a set temperature.   The device costs £119, so considerably cheaper than a traditional sous vide, and importantly for us is considerably smaller, fitting into the slow cooker when not in use, effectively not taking up any space, as well as being British made.  The Codlo is a winner on all accounts.

The Codlo is both attractive (available in red, green and black) and easy and intuitive to use, simply plug in and go.  The display works on a traffic light system – red for stop (whilst heating), yellow for cooking, and green once done.   I usually fill the slow cooker with tap hot water, pour in half a kettle of boiling water and swish it around, then leave it to come to temperature which takes about 15 – 30 minutes.

A slow cooker is smaller then the average sous vide machine so there is usually a 5C drop in temperature when you add the food, but the water soon comes back to temperature – although speeds will depend on the power of the slow cooker – ours is about 10 years old and fairly low wattage and is admittedly quite slow.

Table of Contents

    • Codlo Technical Specs
  • Recipe: Sous Vide Chicken Thighs in Sticky BBQ Sauce
    • Ingredients
    • Instructions
    • Notes

Codlo Technical Specs

  • 2.4″ tri-colour wide-angled LCD display
  • Enhanced temperature stability with the adaptive algorithm
  • Traffic light progress bar indicator
  • Compatible with manual/analogue switch cookers up to 1kW for all regions
  • Available in 110V-120V and 220V-240V versions for UK, European, Australian, New Zealand and US-style plugs
  • Temperature resolution: 0.1°C / 0.1°F
  • Temperature setting range: 20°C-90°C / 68°F-194°F
  • Temperature stability (once settled): ±0.2°C / ±0.4°F
  • Timer setting range: 1 min to 99 hours
  • Timer resolution: 1 min

I am very impressed with the device and the ease and accessibility of use – it has a far smaller footprint then a sous vide, and is considerably lighter (I can’t lift a full sous vide).   This means I use it on a regular basis and sous vide has become a regular way of cooking.  the only disadvantage is you cannot cook as much food as you would in a regular sous vide (although as Kavey suggests you could wire it up to a tea urn) but that is not a problem for most people.

If you are interesting in sous vide cooking, have a cheap and cheerful low cooker then the Codlo does everything it promises and is a great entry into the market.  Get one here.

  • Codlo review for Kavey Eats
Sous Vide cooking made affordable with the easy to use Codlo
Sous Vide cooking made affordable with the easy to use Codlo
Sous Vide cooking made affordable with the easy to use Codlo

Sous Vide cooking made affordable with the easy to use Codlo
Sous Vide cooking made affordable with the easy to use Codlo

Check out my chicken thigh recipe here and below! Or try this recipe with my chicken teriyaki sauce!

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The best chicken thighs ever! Cooked in the sous vide and then finished in the pan smothered with homemade BBQ sauce
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Recipe: Sous Vide Chicken Thighs in Sticky BBQ Sauce

Tender moist chicken thighs cooked in the sous vide then finished on the hob and glazed in sticky BBQ sauce.
Servings: 2 people
Author: Helen Best-Shaw
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time1 hr 30 mins
Total Time1 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

For the Chicken

  • 4 chicken thighs - boned and skinless
  • 2 tsb Old Bay or a BBQ spice rub

For the BBQ Sauce

  • 4 tsp Soft brown sugar
  • 2 tbs Soy sauce or tamari
  • dash liquid smoke
  • dash Tabasco or other hot sauce
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 2 tbs tomato sauce or relish

Instructions

  • Set your sous vide to 66C/ 151F and allow to come to temperature
  • Pat the chicken thighs dry with kitchen paper then evenly sprinkle the Old Bay on them. Seal into a Sous Vide pouch, or food safe thick plastic bag using the water displacement method.
  • Cook in the sous vide for 90 minutes.
  • Place all the ingredients for the BBQ sauce into a bowl and mix.
  • Once the chicken thighs are cooked, remove from the sous vide and plastic pouch, reserving any juices.
  • Fry the chicken in a little oil over a high heat for 30 seconds each side to brown it, add the cooking juices and the BBQ sauce, stir well and allow to reduce to a shiny glaze coating the chicken.

Notes

You can freeze the chicken in the sous vide pouch after having been cooked in the sous vide.
• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
• Unless stated otherwise cup conversions have been made with an online tool. For accuracy please check with your favoured conversion tool. We recommend buying inexpensive digital kitchen scales.
Nutrition Facts
Recipe: Sous Vide Chicken Thighs in Sticky BBQ Sauce
Amount Per Serving
Calories 352 Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Cholesterol 214mg71%
Sodium 1361mg59%
Potassium 645mg18%
Carbohydrates 19g6%
Sugar 18g20%
Protein 45g90%
Vitamin A 140IU3%
Vitamin C 0.7mg1%
Calcium 20mg2%
Iron 2.2mg12%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Main
Cuisine: Chicken
Keyword: Sous vide chicken thighs
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We received a Codlo sous vide to review.  All opinions our own. 

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  1. Munchies and Munchkins

    5 stars
    Oh my, I love sous vide thighs. I make them at least once a month. They taste so incredible. Yum..will have to make them again this week now I’ve seen yours.x

    Reply
    • Helen

      I love sous vide. I need to prepare a stack of them and freeze ahead.

      Reply
  2. Kavey

    So pleased you’ve been enjoying your Codlo as much as we have. I had plans to Codlo some salmon this weekend past but we ended up having to go overseas, last minute. Looking forward to using it (and posting about it) more this summer.

    Reply
    • Helen

      I think is is an amazing device. Really impressed on all accounts.

      Reply
  3. Margot @ Coffee & Vanilla

    5 stars
    Delicious and healthy, sticky bbq sauces go so well with rice, my favourite combo :)

    Reply
    • Helen

      BBQ sauce is so good with rice. My mother duded to do a BBQ chicken with rice, so so good.

      Reply
  4. Sarah Maison Cupcake

    5 stars
    Looks like the perfect solution if you want to use a sous vide but haven’t the space for yet another gadget. Would love to experiment with one of these!

    Reply
    • Helen

      It is a fantastic idea. Really really love it.

      Reply
  5. Jeanne Horak-Druiff

    Mmmm, those look so good!! I need to fire up my sous vide machine… A friend of a friend actually developed the Codlo – I remember them talking about it when they were still looking for funding to put it into production – so glad that they got there in the end as I think it is such a simple, clever idea.

    Reply
    • Helen

      I love the idea. I really hope that they do well.

      Reply
  6. Jo of Jo's Kitchen

    4 stars
    What a great idea! Slow cookers are so useful especially if you can turn them into sous vides too

    Reply
    • Helen

      Such a good idea. It was an obvious thing for someone to come up with. It is so well designed that it is a joy to use.

      Reply
  7. Janice

    What a genius gadget, I love how it fits in the slow cooker and provides sous vide at a reasonable price. What a lovely recipe too, nothing quite so tasty as a BBQ sauce.

    Reply
    • Helen

      It is such a clever gadget and really makes Sous Vide affordable.

      Reply
  8. Kathy Robinson

    Hi Helen,
    I’m deciding whether to use tomato sauce or relish. What did you use. The picture of the thighs looks yummy!
    Kathy

    Reply
    • Helen

      Hi Kathy, I really cant remember – both are good though.

      Reply

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