There are dishes that are almost impossible to spoil. Here are the recipes with chicken thighs - this is a simple and always a good way to cook something delicious and once again highlight your culinary talents.
Chicken can be considered the most affordable type of meat at the present time, and therefore the most popular. That is why recipes with the participation of various parts of this bird will always be in demand. But apart from the financial side, a significant advantage of chicken meat is its dietary properties. And in skilled hands, even the driest part of the carcass - the breast becomes a culinary masterpiece, not to mention the juicy thighs, which will not be difficult to prepare and will not require colossal experience.
Thighs under a fur coat
Our ear is more accustomed to hearing, and the eye is more accustomed to seeing a classic herring under a fur coat on our table, but you can surprise your family and friends and put on a fur coat not only a fish …
For the dish you will need:
- chicken thighs - 6 pieces;
- hard cheese - 150 - 200 grams;
- tomatoes - 1 - 2 pieces;
- bell pepper - 1 piece;
- onions - 1 large head;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Step by step recipe:
- Rinse chicken thighs well under running water, removing the remnants of feathers and unusable parts. Season with pepper and salt.
- Cut 6 rectangular slices 3-4 mm thick from a piece of hard cheese and carefully put slices of cheese under the skin of each thigh.
- Peel the onions and cut them into half rings - this is the future pillow for meat.
- On the prepared form, the bottom of which is recommended to be greased with butter, first put the chopped onion, and then the thighs, the main thing is that the cheese slices remain under the skin.
- Wash the tomatoes and preferably remove the skin, which is easy to do if you pour boiling water over them first. Cut into thin slices and spread over the meat.
- Peel the bell peppers, remove the core with seeds and cut into rings. Also put on a baking sheet.
- If you wish, you can rub the remaining cheese on top.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and send the collected dish for 30-40 minutes.
Home-style roast
Tasty! Affordable! Easy and fast! Here are the main characteristics of the roast. This simple dish will delight any representative of the strong half, and even just a heavy meal lover.
For roast you will need:
- medium home thighs - 7 pieces;
- potatoes - 1 kg;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- dill - 1 bunch;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Step-by-step cooking:
In this recipe, it is better to take care of purchasing just homemade thighs, since the dish will be cooked in its own juice without adding oil.
- Wash the meat well, salt and pepper.
- Peel the potatoes and cut into portions.
- Peel the garlic and crush with a knife on a cutting board.
- Put all the prepared ingredients in a bag or a baking sleeve, if you need to add a little more salt, tie on both sides and shake so that the potatoes are salted too. Make slits in the sleeve so that excess steam can escape.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and send the package for 30-40 minutes.
- After the specified time, get the roast, open the bag and send it to the oven for another 10 minutes so that the potatoes and chicken are browned.
- When the dish is ready, sprinkle with chopped dill.
Chicken thighs in honey-mustard-soy sauce
Thanks to the extraordinary combination of products in the sauce, you can serve even the most ordinary chicken thighs with a twist.
Required Ingredients:
- chicken thighs - 6 pieces;
- soy sauce - 20 ml;
- homemade mustard - 3 tablespoons;
- liquid honey - 30 grams;
- olive oil - 30 ml;
- salt, black and red pepper to taste.
Step by step recipe:
- Rinse chicken thighs well, cut off unnecessary parts, put in a deep bowl. Salt, add a mixture of peppers, but with red you need to be more careful, since in the marinade there will be hot mustard. Lubricate the thighs with olive oil.
- To make the sauce: In a separate bowl, combine the runny honey, homemade mustard, and soy sauce.
- Pour the resulting sauce into a bowl of meat and grease each piece well. You can cover the bowl and just shake it well.
- It is recommended to leave the thighs in the marinade overnight or at least a few hours in the refrigerator under cling film.
- When the meat is well marinated, place it on a greased baking sheet and pour over the remaining sauce on top.
- Turn on the oven, heat up to 200 degrees and send the dish to the oven for 40 minutes. During this time, the chicken will have time to bake well, so that the meat is easily separated from the bones, and the crust will brown and become crispy.
Thighs baked with vegetables
This recipe is ideal for adherents of a healthy lifestyle: firstly, the thighs are cooked in their own juice without additional processing in a pan, and secondly, the addition of vegetables that contain fiber and do not have a huge amount of harmful carbohydrates makes this dish incredibly useful for our body, even if it is eaten in the evening hours.
You will need the following products:
- chicken thighs (can be together with a drumstick) - 1 kg;
- carrots - 2 medium pieces;
- onions - 2 heads;
- tomatoes - 400 - 500 grams;
- Bulgarian pepper - 2 pieces;
- garlic - 5 cloves;
- green onions, dill, parsley - 50 grams;
- salt, pepper, spices - to taste.
Step by step recipe:
- Wash chicken thighs under running water and pat dry with a paper towel. Season with salt, pepper, add spices, put them in a bowl, cover with foil and put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Peel the carrots and cut into circles or long cubes - as you like.
- Peel the onions and garlic and cut into thin rings.
- Peel the tomatoes, scald them with boiling water, cut into small squares.
- Wash the bell pepper, remove the seeds, cut either into slices or strips.
- Then cut out square sheets of foil so that 1 portion of chicken with vegetables can be wrapped in this layer.
- Take the thighs out of the refrigerator and put onion rings on each square of foil, on top of the thigh and all the prepared vegetables.
- Wrap each thigh tightly with vegetables, put on a baking sheet and send to a preheated oven for 50-60 minutes.
- When the dish is ready, arrange it on plates and sprinkle with finely chopped herbs.
Chicken thighs with broccoli in a creamy sauce
Diet chicken pairs very well with broccoli, and the creamy sauce gives the dish a deliciously delicate flavor. Such a recipe must be in every housewife's recipe box.
To prepare the dish you will need:
- chicken thighs - 6 pieces;
- broccoli cabbage - 1 large fork;
- cream with a fat content of 10% - 300 ml;
- hard cheese - 100 grams;
- onion - 1 head;
- refined olive or sunflower oil - 20 ml;
- salt and pepper to taste.
Step by step recipe:
- Wash the chicken thighs well, salt and pepper and leave to marinate for 20 minutes.
- Then put the meat in a preheated non-stick skillet and fry on both sides for 5 minutes each.
- Peel the onions, chop finely and also fry in a pan.
- Wash broccoli, divide into inflorescences and dip in salted boiling water for 5 - 7 minutes.
- Put thighs mixed with cabbage in a baking dish, sprinkle with onions on top and pour cream over.
- Send the dish to an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, sprinkle the dish with grated cheese and leave to rise in the oven at 160 degrees for another 20 minutes.
