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Crispy Baked Chicken Thighs

Large plage of chicken thighs
Crispy Baked Chicken Thighs are roasted perfectly in 30 minutes and seasoned to your taste. Using a convection oven for crispy skin, these moist and tender chicken thighs will become a family favorite.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 245kcal
Author: Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken thighs do as many as you want
  • coarse salt and pepper to taste or seasoning of your choice

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425°F convection. If you don't have convection, use 450°F.
    chicken thighs on a plate with seasoning
  • Pat dry the chicken with paper towels. Trim off any loose skin with no meat. Also, remove any fat that is easily removed.
    trimming chicken thigh on a black board
  • Prep a sheet pan by lining it with aluminum foil. Add a rack and a heavy coat of PAM cooking spray.
    spraying a rack on a tray with PAM
  • Place thighs skin down and sprinkle lightly with the spices of your choice. Flip and tuck in any thin parts underneath and sprinkle the skin side. Just coarse salt and black pepper are fine, or the seasoning you like. We use our homemade 7:2:2, which adds some garlic.
    sprinkling chicken thighs with seaoning
  • With skin side up, bake until internal temp of 185°F—about 30-35 minutes of cooking time. Rest for 5 minutes or more before serving.
    cooked chicken thighs on the baking tray

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Pro Tips

  1. DO NOT SKIP THE PAT DRY, or you will not have crispy skin.
  2. Trim off any trimmable fat or extra skin.
  3. Get the thighs up on a rack to let the rendered fat drain. It also gets them out of the drained fat. You can do this without a rack, but it is nicer with one.
  4. Cook at high temp and use a thermometer to be sure you get to 185°+. Do not guess. Thighs are safe to eat at 165°F but tender at 185°F.
  5. A convection oven is recommended but not required. Options for other oven temperatures are in the blog post above.
  6. Spice as you want. I often add a touch of Cayenne.
  7. Scale to any amount you need.
  8. This recipe can also be done in a toaster oven or an air fryer.
  9. Skip the seasoning and brush with your favorite BBQ sauce for the last 5 minutes to make great oven-baked BBQ thighs.
Always cook to a final internal temperature. Please, never by time along.

Nutrition

Calories: 245kcal | Protein: 25g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 92mg | Sodium: 686mg | Potassium: 220mg | Vitamin A: 150IU | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1.3mg

All nutritional values are estimated.

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