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These baked bone-in chicken thighs are an easy and delicious main dish. They use just 5 simple ingredients, and the results are juicy, crisp, and flavorful. Enjoy them with a simple air fryer vegetable side dish like my air fryer broccoli or air fryer green beans to make a meal.
Why Make This Easy Chicken Thigh Recipe?
- Easy simple chicken recipe: these easy baked chicken thighs only require basic cooking skills to make them to perfection. So, it’s perfect for someone who wants an easy dinner on busy nights
- Endless variations: You can make several variations of this dish by changing up the chicken seasoning mix.
- Great for meal prep: This juicy chicken thighs recipe is perfect for meal prep since you can have the thighs with a variety of side dishes.
Ingredients Needed
Here’s what you need to know about the ingredients for this oven baked chicken thighs recipe.:
- Chicken thighs: I’m using raw, skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs
- Cajun seasoning: This typically includes salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and more. You can use my cajun homemade seasoning recipe or your favorite one from grocery stores.
- Butter: I’m using salted butter that I melted. If you’re using cajun seasoning from the store, you can use unsalted butter. You can always add more salt at the end, but you can’t remove it from a dish.
- Garlic Cloves: I prefer fresh garlic since it has a bolder flavor, but it’s about 1 tbsp of the minced garlic you can get in a jar.
- Lemon: Juiced
How To Make Oven-Baked Bone-in Chicken Thighs
Here are the simple steps to make this juicy meat main dish:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Pat dry the chicken thighs with paper towels to remove excess moisture. Then, place chicken in a broiler-safe dish with the skin side facing up. Sprinkle on the cajun seasoning and rub the spices throughout all sides of the chicken, including under the skin.
- Mix the butter, garlic cloves, and lemon juice.
- Pour it over the chicken pieces.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes. Baste the chicken with some of the drippings. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Baste the tender chicken again.
Recipe Tips & FAQs
Broil the chicken
I recommend that broil the chicken on high for 2-3 minutes to brown the top of the chicken and crisp the skin. The extra cooking time is worth the added flavor and results
How to Store Oven Baked Chicken Thighs
If you have any leftover chicken from this recipe, the best way to store it is in an airtight container for 3-4 days.
No need to cover the chicken thighs in this recipe since they have the skin-on. Keeping the pan open helps to brown the chicken skin and make it crispy.
An oven temperature that’s a little over 400 degrees will brown the chicken and crisp the chicken better. Since I prefer crispy baked chicken thighs, I preheat the oven to 425 degrees for the best results.
Both methods deliver crispy chicken thighs and delicious results. However, this baked bone-in chicken thighs recipe will do if you’re looking for an easy and non-greasy method.
Bone-in chicken thighs will take about 10 extra minutes to cook compared to boneless chicken thighs.
More Bone-in Chicken Thigh Recipes
- Crockpot BBQ Chicken Thighs
- Air Fryer BBQ Chicken Thighs
- Air Fryer Cajun Chicken Thighs
- Air Fryer Garlic Butter Chicken Thighs
Baked Bone-in Chicken Thighs
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Ingredients
- 1.25 lb Chicken Thighs, bone-in with the skin on
- 1.25 tbsp Cajun seasoning, I'm using a homemade recipe, but if using one from the store follow the directions on the bottle for the amount per pound of meat.
- ¼ cup Butter, salted, melted – you can use unsalted butter if using a cajun seasoning from the store
- 8 cloves Garlic, minced, prefer fresh garlic but it’s about 1 tbsp of the minced garlic you can get in a jar
- ½ Lemon, juiced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Add the chicken thighs to a broiler-safe dish with the skin side facing up. Sprinkle on the cajun seasoning and rub the spices throughout all sides of the chicken, including under the skin.
- Mix the butter, garlic cloves, and lemon juice.
- Pour it over the chicken.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes. Baste the chicken with some of the drippings.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Baste the chicken again.
- Optional: broil on high for 2-3 minutes to brown the top of the chicken.
Nutrition Details
The nutrition facts come from entering the recipe ingredients into Spoonacular API, a database of food ingredients. They may vary for any recipe based on the exact product used. The keto sweeteners I use have 0g net carbs & are not included because sugar alcohols do not impact most people. This is provided as a courtesy, but you can do your own calculations if you wish!
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