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Four baked chicken thighs topped with a mixture of herbs, cheese, and seasonings, sitting in a pan with golden juices and a crispy, browned skin.
Melissa Jo

Stuffed Chicken Thighs

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Stuffed Chicken Thighs is a cozy main course made with bone in skin on chicken thighs, cream cheese, and big handfuls of chopped baby spinach—simple and delicious.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 4-6 bone in skin on chicken thighs
  • 3-4 tbsp. of olive oil
  • 8 oz. of cream cheese room temperature
  • 4 big handfuls of chopped baby spinach
  • 4 stalks of chopped green onions
  • 5-7 leaves of chopped basil
  • 4-5 cloves of chopped garlic
  • 2 oz of chopped sun dried tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp. Italian seasoning blend
  • 1 tbsp. of Tony's Creole seasoning. If you like it less spicy then 1/2 tbsp. of Tony's Creole
  • salt & cracked black pepper to taste Start with 1 tbsp. of each

Method
 

  1. add a tsp. of olive oil to the bottom of the baking dish and spread over the bottom. Add in your chicken thighs. (room temperature; patted dry)
  2. In a bowl add the cream cheese. spinach, basil, green onions, sun dried tomatoes, garlic, Italian seasoning, and Tony's Creole seasoning. Mix it all together with s spoon.
  3. Peel back the skin from one side (keep the other side of skin attached) of the chicken and scoop in big heaping spoonfuls of stuffing on the chicken thigh. This amount of stuffing will work for 6 chicken thighs, too. They will just be a little less puffy! Then, fold the skin back over the stuffing.
  4. Drizzle lot's of olive oil over the chicken and season with cracked black pepper and salt.
  5. Bake in a preheated oven at 375 degrees F. for 50 minutes - 60 minutes. Or until the skin is nice and crispy and the chicken is cooked through.
  6. Serve over mashed potatoes and scoop up the juice from the bottom of the pan and spoon it over the chicken and potatoes.
  7. A nice family garden salad would be a great vegetable side for this to round out the meal.
  8. Enjoy the best easiest meal! =-)

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Notes

  • As with all proteins, make sure your chicken thighs are patted dry of any moisture and at room temperature before preparing. This will result in juicy moist chicken thighs.

  • Cookware: I used the cutest 8x8 black and white pattern medallion baking dish: baking dish

  • The main seasoning is Tony's Creole! Here is a link if you can't find by you: https://amzn.to/3Xiq4XF

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