When time is short and energy waning, this simple recipe will put the wow back on your dinner table.
Ingredients
- 3 lbs Chicken Thighs – skin on, bone in, thawed
- 1 TBL Olive oil
- Red Chili powder
- Kosher salt
- Fresh ground pepper
Process
- Mise en Place – Measure and prepare your ingredients prior to starting.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Remove thawed chicken from package and pat both skin-side and back-side dry with a paper towel.
- Line a baking sheet with foil and arrange thighs skin-side down on the tray.
- Generously apply red chili, salt, and pepper to the back-side.
- Flip pieces over and brush olive oil on the skin.
- Generously apply red chili, salt, and pepper to the skins.
- Place in oven for 1 hour.
- Turn on broiler and place try 6″ from top of oven. Broil until skins are crunchy ~5 mins.
- Remove tray and rest chicken for 5 mins.
Note: You can serve the pieces as an entree, but you can also slice the thighs for chicken tacos or enchiladas. This seasoned meat also makes a nice contribution to a chef salad, and I’ve even been known to add slices to soup or use the next day in chicken sandwich – with mayo of course.
