Easy Weeknight Juicy Chicken Thighs🍗
Summary
You know you make bone in, skin on chicken thighs at least once a week. So why don’t you try my recipe that results in the juiciest, most savory, best tasting chicken thighs of all time?1?
The spice blend that I’ve developed for this recipe is genuinely perfect, not too salty, or spicy but just right! Bookmark this recipe so you can use this spice blend with all your proteins and meals! Once you try this method, comment back on this blog post and let me know how you like it. Let’s add this to your weekly dinner rotation!
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I love to use this dish, I have used this so much over the years and I just love it. It holds so much moisture to ensure your meal is delicious and juicy!!
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🥣My signature Spice Blend
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp complete seasoning
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp tony’s creole seasoning
- 1 tsp italian seasoning
- Salt & pepper, to taste
🤔 Common Questions
No you may use boneless if you’d like, the bone-in thighs add so much juicy flavor.
You may serve this as I have with potatoes and broccoli but you may want to serve this over pasta, salad, or any type of veggies. There’s so much you can do with this recipe!
Easy Weeknight Juicy Chicken Thighs
Ingredients
- 5 lbs bone-in skin-on chicken thighs about 10 chicken thighs
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp butter
- Seasoning blend:
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp complete seasoning
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp tony’s creole seasoning
- 1 tsp italian seasoning
- Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large bowl add the chicken thighs and olive oil. Mix that together with your hands until combined.
- Then sprinkle over the seasoning blend and really get the seasonings all over both sides of the chicken and under the skins.
- Let the seasonings marinate in the bowl on the counter for 30 minutes to ensure that the seasonings penetrate through the skin and the chicken and let it come to room temperature
- In a cast iron on medium-high heat add the vegetable oil and butter. Make sure your skillet is hot before adding in the chicken.
- Once it’s hot add the chicken thighs skin side down and DON’T MESS WITH IT! (do not move the chicken before you let it brown, this is very important)
- Saute the chicken on each side for about 5 minutes until browned.
- Flip the chicken and brown on the other side for another 5 minutes. Continue the process until all of the chicken thighs are browned on both sides.
- Once all the chicken thighs are nice and browned add them into a 9×13 baking dish and pour the leftover oil from the cast iron skillet over the chicken thighs.
- Place a piece of aluminum foil loosely over the baking dish and place that in the oven at 350°F for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes remove the baking dish from the oven and remove the aluminum foil.
- Baste the chicken with the juices from the pan and place the baking dish back in the oven at 350°F for 30-40 more minutes or until the chicken reaches the internal temperature of 170°F.
- Serve over mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli.
- Pour the juices from the bottom of the pan over the broccoli , mashed potatoes, and chicken thighs & enjoy!
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