Chicken thighs in the oven

An excellent dish that can be cooked for lunch or dinner, as well as a festive table. After all the chicken is cooked in an oven with aromatic spices, it turns out incredibly juicy and delicious. The method of cooking is so simple that any housewife will handle it. And used products are easy to buy at your nearest store. So the recipe for cooking chicken thighs in the oven . 

 

Ingredients for cooking:

1. Chicken thighs - 2 kg
2. Olive oil - 60 ml
3. Lemon - 1 piece
4. Paprika - 2 tablespoons
5. Garlic Powder - 1 tablespoon
6. Black pepper ground - 1 teaspoon
7. Salt - 2 teaspoons or to taste

Cooking equipment:

1. Oven
2. Form for baking
3. Plates
4. Juicer
5. Paper kitchen towels
6. Grater 
7. The knife
8. Cutting board
9. Kitchen gadgets
10. Refrigerator
11. Food plastic film
12. Dish for serving

Cooking.

Step 1: prepare the marinade

In the beginning, add a large quantity of paprika, garlic powder, salt and black pepper to a large plate or bowl. After the ingredients are mixed into a homogeneous bulk mass.

Next, wash the lemon under running water and dry with paper kitchen towels. Then we take the grater with small holes and rub the lemon peel into a small plate. Transfer the rest of the citrus to a cutting board and cut in half. Then squeeze the juice from half a lemon using a juicer into a tighter plate with zest.

Now pour the juice of the zest into a large plate of spices. Add the olive oil and mix the marinade to a homogeneous consistency. 

Step 2: prepare the chicken

Wash thawed chicken thighs under cool running water, transfer to a cutting board and peel off the fat. Chicken meat meat slices can be left or removed to your liking. 

Step 3: marinate the chicken thighs

Prepared chicken thighs are transferred to a plate with marinade. Hands thoroughly grease the surface of each piece. Then cover the plate with plastic wrap and remove in the refrigerator for 20 - 60 minutes to impregnate the marinade. The longer the chicken thighs marinate, the tastier the meat will be. 

Step 4: Bake chicken thighs 

With the passage of time we get a plate of chicken pieces from the refrigerator, remove the film. Preheat the oven to 200 - 210 degrees Celsius. Then put the chicken thighs into the baking dish. The bottom of the form is not greased with oil, since the marinade already contained enough oil. Once we have put all the pieces together and the temperature has reached the desired value, set the shape in the oven.

Bake the meat for about 30 - 40 minutes until a nice rosy crust. Further, helping ourselves with kitchen utensils, we get the shape from the oven. 

Step 5: Serve chicken thighs in the oven

Hot chicken thighs can be laid out in advance on plates or served in an overall nice dish. As a side dish you can cook mashed potatoes, boiled pasta or various cereals, as well as light salads. The garnish can be filled with aromatic juice, which is formed during baking. Our roasted chicken thighs are ready for everyone to click on the table and start tasting. 

Bon Appetit!

Advices:

- It is best to use fresh lemon juice for such a marinade, but if you do not have a juicer then try squeezing the juice with your hands. Without resorting to ready-made juices from the shops, as they can be bitter when cooked. 

- In this recipe, a mixture of spices can be supplemented with keyen dried peppers. And also to regulate by their own taste their number. Or use any other combination of different spices that are suitable for chicken meat. 

- In addition to the thighs in this way, you can bake other parts of the bird.  

- Frozen chicken pieces should be thawed properly. The best way is to put the meat in the fridge at night. Thus in the package it is necessary to make several openings from below and from above that the chicken was ventilated, and the thawed liquid was leaking from the package. If you need to thaw the chicken faster, then place it in a cold water plate and change it periodically. It is not necessary to defrost a chicken in a microwave oven, as with such defrosting it loses much of its beneficial properties, and its taste qualities are significantly impaired.