Chicken legs are always glimpsed in different movies and cartoons. The fact is that it is quite easy to draw chicken legs and thighs.
In addition
, this part of the chicken is considered the most delicious.
Chicken thighs in addition to flavor also have many useful qualities for the body. For example, chicken thighs contain a large number of vitamins from A and B to E and PP. The thighs have potassium, magnesium, zinc and iron. It
is recommended to consume chicken thighs as dinner and lunch. Let’s prepare together flavorful and juicy chicken thighs.
Ingredients for baked chicken thighs:
- chicken thighs – 8 pcs;
- salt – tsp;
- black pepper – ½ tsp;
- basil – ½ tsp;
- olive oil;
- butter – 50 g;
- onion – 1 pc;
- carrots – 4 pcs;
- potatoes – 8 pcs;
- garlic – 4 cloves;
- spinach;
- honey – 100 g;
- sweet chili sauce – 100 g;
- soy sauce – 60 ml;
- lemon juice – 40 ml;
- mustard – 1 tbsp;
- sour cream – 2 tbsp;
- mayonnaise – 2 tbsp;
- pickled cucumber – pcs.
Preparation of baked chicken thighs:
Rinse chicken thighs and dry with paper towel. Sprinkle both sides of the thighs with ½ spoon salt, black pepper and basil and drizzle with olive oil.
Remember to thoroughly rub salt and spices into the fibers before sprinkling the second side.
In a skillet, melt butter and fry thighs over medium heat for 4-6 minutes on all sides. Place chicken thighs in a separate bowl.
Dice the onions into small cubes. In a frying pan in the same butter fry onions for 2-3 minutes.
Cut peeled carrots into large circles, put them in the pan with onions and fry for 5 minutes. Peel potatoes, cut them into large cubes and put them to the onions and carrots.
Fry the vegetables for another 3-5 minutes, stirring in the process. Finely chop 3 garlic cloves, chop spinach and add to the vegetables in the frying pan.
Be sure to salt and pepper the vegetables, mix all the components. Lay out the vegetables in a mold for baking, level it. On the potato pillow we put chicken thighs.
For the sauce, mix in a separate bowl honey with sweet chili sauce, soy sauce, lemon juice, mustard. Brush each thigh with this sauce, bake at 180 degrees for 25 minutes in the oven.
Mix sour cream and mayonnaise in a bowl, put a garlic clove through the press. Grate a pickle on a fine grater, add to the sour cream and mayonnaise, mix.
As a result, you get not only juicy chicken under a tasty sauce, but also a side dish to it in the form of potatoes.
Completes a delicious dinner sauce of sour cream and mayonnaise, which is perfectly combined with thighs and potatoes.
