Baked Chicken Thighs Recipe
One of the easiest method to cook chicken thighs is using the oven. Chicken thighs always turn out extremely juicy, tender and delicious after roasting and baking them the oven.
Bake chicken thighs recipe is quick, fast, with short active prep time of just 10 minutes.
All you have to do is add the seasoning and marinade to the the chicken thighs, for example: these tender and juicy brown sugar and garlic chicken thighs.
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Ingredients for Baked Chicken Thighs
This easy recipe calls for the following simple ingredients:
- Bone-in chicken thighs with skin on
- Brown sugar
- Garlic
- Salt
- Cayenne pepper
Bone-in Chicken Thighs vs. Boneless Chicken Thighs
You can use both chicken thighs but personally I prefer bone-in thighs with skin on. After roasting in the oven at high temperature, the skin crisps up to golden brown color and absolutely crispy.
The skin also adds some grease to the chicken thighs so you don’t need butter or oil in the recipe. The chicken meat will also be tender and juicy.
However, boneless chicken thighs will work well with this easy brown sugar garlic baked chicken thighs recipe.
How Long to Bake Chicken Thighs?
Bake thighs takes about 35-40 minutes in the oven, at 425° Fahrenheit (220° Celcius). The total time depends on the size of the bone-in chicken thighs.
The skin will turn crispy and brown and the internal temperature of cooked chicken thighs is 165° Fahrenheit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I Need to Bake the Chicken with Foil?
This recipe produces juicy and tender chicken thighs so you don’t need to use foil. Plus, you want crispy skin so do not wrap or cover the chicken with aluminum foil.
How Many Calories Per Serving?
This baked chicken thighs recipe is only 388 calories per serving.
What to Serve with this Recipe?
Baked thighs are great with rice and vegetables. I love serving them with cilantro lime rice and a healthy vegetable dish.
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How to Bake Chicken Thighs
Baked Chicken Thighs Recipe
Baked chicken thighs with crispy skin, brown sugar, garlic and cayenne pepper. Moist, juicy and tender chicken thighs recipe that takes 5 mins prep time!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs bone-in chicken thighs (5 small thighs or 4 big thighs)
- 4 garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 dashes cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tablespoon chopped parsley leaves
Directions
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1
Preheat oven to 425F.
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Score the bottom part of the chicken thighs with a few slits. Rub the bottom part of the chicken and the skin with the garlic, leave them on (the garlic should get inside the slits and flavor the chicken thighs). Add brown sugar, salt, cayenne pepper, stir to mix well.
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3
Bake in the oven for 35 minutes or until the skin turns crispy and brown. Remove from heat, garnish with chopped parsley and serve immediately.
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Confused about this!
I followed this recipe and the sugar sauce BURNED TO A BLACKENED GOOP after 25 minutes in the over. So something isn’t adding up here with this recipe!!! How did you cook it to prevent the sauce from burning?? Mix with water first? I did 425 degrees as specified, cooked on the middle rack.
Rasa Malaysia
Hi, that’s very strange. The photos you see on the recipe here is what you get. 2 tablespoons of brown sugar is not that much and shouldn’t burn and blackened. The only thing I would say is perhaps your oven setting is different and you can cover with aluminum foil to prevent burning.
Cindy
Do you turn the chicken at all when cooking? These look delicious and I can’t wait to try them! 😋
Darby Ortolano
Do you add the brown sugar mixture after the garlic? Just on the top of the thighs or all over?
Jerry Kagel
I want to let you know I use similar cooking technique for my baked chicken thighs. This is a real quick and easy way to cook up a healthy dinner. But I have my own secret recipe for the rub.
Rasa Malaysia
Awesome!
Marie Czarnecki
LOOKS GREAT, I love thighs or the legs, wings will do also, breast gets too dry, if I cook breasts they are always for my “SERVICE DOGGIE”. AND SHE IS SPOILED!! RASA CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO..
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks Marie.
Jane
What do you mean by rub the bottom of the chicken with garlic and leave them on? You don’t put garlic all over the chicken?
Rasa Malaysia
Rub the garlic on the bottom and the garlic would get into the slits. Leave them on means just leave them where they are.