Mmmmm, I would take chicken thighs over chicken breasts in a flash. They are much more moist (isn’t that just the worst word? moist… moist… blegh!) Yes, they are pretty small, but it’s OK because then you can eat two, or three (or four…) of your favourite chicken thighs. This is a pretty simple recipe which just calls for a marinade which helps to keeps the meat from going dry. This chicken is the perfect partner with Meatless Monday’s kickin‘ potatoes or my favourite sweet potato fries!
Living Lou’s Authentic Chicken Thighs
Ingredients
4 chicken thighs
Marinade
¼ cup olive oil
¼ cup plain yogurt
½ small lemon (juice only)
⅛ teaspoon hot sauce
½ teaspoon honey
1 clove garlic (crushed)
half green onion (chopped)
¼ teaspoon dried thyme
¼ teaspoon dried rosemary
freshly cracked pepper to taste
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Whisk together all of the ingredients for the marinade and marinade the chicken in the fridge for an hour. After the chicken is done marinating place it in a dish and bake for 30 minutes.
Try out this recipe and enjoy some of my favourite chicken thighs.
– Lou
Shirley Clements
I am definitely going to be making this chicken recipe! I love all of the ingredients!
Tammy
Do you think it is absolutely necessary to use the yogurt on this recipe? I have friends who keep Kosher and cannot have the dairy with the meat? Thank you for your response.
Lou
Hi Tammy, great question!
I’m sure that these would work fine without the yogurt – the flavour might be slightly different but the recipe should still work. That said, I’ve never tried it, so please let me know how it goes!
Kristin
Thanks for sharing! I have used this super simple recipe many times. I am a die hard thigh fan, too! I recently added it to a collection of freezer meals I wrote about in my very new blog. Keep cooking!
Lou
Hi Kristin – I’m so glad you love this recipe, thanks for letting me know and best of luck with your new blog!
Torrey
this chicken was pretty good…very moist…i made it with the ‘kickin potatoes’ which were awesome – i loved the heat kick. i had a little bit of the parm mixture leftover so i added it to the broccoli i made to go along with it.
Louberry
Sorry I wasn't too clear about that, I first remove the chicken from the marinade and then bake it :)
Mariam
Do you bake them in the marinade? Or you remove the chicken from the marinade completely once you put it in the pan?
Louberry
Thanks so much! Hope you like the way they taste if you ever try 'em!
steven
Loving the way these chicken thighs are lookin' Lou!!
Carolyn
These look so good!
Anonymous
Miss Lou…What a wonderful combination of ingredients in this marinade for the chicken thighs…Another "delish" yet "easy" recipe for me to try…