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Fun fact: Thighs are juicier, cheaper and easier to cook than breasts. Plus, this cut is so versatile, it works in everything from chowders to salads to one-skillet suppers. Chicken thighs are the best part of the chicken and the perfect weeknight protein. Plus, this meaty cut of chicken is so versatile, it works in plenty of different dishes. From boneless chicken thighs recipes to baked chicken thighs recipes, we've got the best ideas here for delicious dinners you can make using humble, but mighty, chicken thighs. Take cheap and cheerful chicken thighs to the next level with our ways to throw together an easy dinner.
Instant Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken in Chicken Thigh Recipes,This Paleo Sweet and Sour Chicken is made in the Instant Pot so it’s fast, easy, and a great meal for weeknights! Family (and kid!) approved, made with real-food ingredients and ready in 30 minutes. To sum up the recipe – chop ingredients, sear chicken, add sauce, pressure cook, thicken the sauce. That’s it! The entire meal will be ready in 30 minutes or less, and your family will be amazed that it’s healthy!
Instant Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken
Marinated Oven Baked Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,These oven-baked chicken thighs are juicy, flavorful & exactly what you’re looking for in a chicken recipe. Smothered in a sweet soy sauce that makes itself in the pan, this is an easy weeknight dinner you’ll love. An easy chicken dinner that requires very little prep work? YAHS, please! Also, you can prepare a large batch to feed a crowd, just double or triple the ingredients.
Marinated Oven Baked Chicken Thighs
Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings in Chicken Thigh Recipes,This Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings is an easy one-pot comfort food meal that can be ready in 30 minutes by using your Instant Pot! Chicken and dumplings are made with a chicken broth-based soup with chicken, vegetables, cream, and biscuits as the dumplings. It is a very hearty, rich and comforting soup that makes a perfect fall or winter soup. It is a very popular soup. The chicken and vegetables are all cooked together, sauteed in the same Instant Pot. This allows the chicken flavor to infuse flavor into the sauteed vegetables.
Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings
Instant Pot Orange Chicken in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Instant Pot Orange Chicken is one of the easiest and most flavorful dishes that you can make in just 30 minutes. Forget about takeout, this easy dinner made with easy to find ingredients is so good that it will become a staple in your house. The Instant Pot Orange Chicken is made entirely in the Instant Pot, so fewer dishes for you to clean. Made with orange juice and orange zest gives the dish an amazingly fresh aroma. Sweet and hearty, served over brown rice, this dinner is so much healthier than takeout and also budget-friendly, as you will have leftovers that taste great.
Instant Pot Orange Chicken
Slow Cooker Garlic Parmesan Chicken in Chicken Thigh Recipes,This is Family’s favorite slow cooker recipe! It's so simple, you just need a crockpot, chicken and some ingredients. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add chicken, season with salt and pepper, and sear until golden, 3 minutes per side. Then put all ingredients into a crockpot, and cook. You can also use boneless skinless chicken thighs, it may be better!
Slow Cooker Garlic Parmesan Chicken
Instant Pot Honey Teriyaki Chicken in Chicken Thigh Recipes,If you've spent any time on the Internet, you've most likely have heard of the Instant Pot. And whether you're new to the craze or already an Instant Pot fanatic, this Instant Pot teriyaki chicken is a dinner dream come true. Ready in just 30 minutes and made with juicy chicken thighs, this recipe is all about the flavorful homemade honey-teriyaki sauce. Sweet and savory, these tender Instant Pot chicken thighs won't disappoint.
Instant Pot Honey Teriyaki Chicken
Baked Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Baked chicken thighs that are crispy and juicy make for the perfect weeknight meal! This chicken recipe is incredibly easy to make, packed with flavor and much healthier than traditional fried chicken – you’ll love it. If you’re going for flavor, I do recommend using bone-in and skin-on chicken thighs. The skin locks in the moisture and bone-in chicken just taste better. It’s also cheaper. Win-win.
Baked Chicken Thighs
Decilous Baked Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Baked Chicken Thighs are a delicious and very simple main dish. Chicken thighs have so much flavor and of course, dark meat is so incredibly tender! They are perfect served alongside mashed potatoes or Scalloped Potatoes. Cook up a large batch to feed a hungry crowd, add to your favorite Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup or freeze the leftovers for another meal. Oven-baked chicken thighs can stay frozen for up to four months. Just thaw and then wrap in foil for reheating. Baked chicken thighs make a delicious and simple main dish. The thighs have so much tender dark meat flavor!
Decilous Baked Chicken Thighs
Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Searing the chicken thighs may seem like an annoying step, but trust us, it's worth it. Not only does it get the chicken skin nice and crispy (because it does lose some crispiness in the slow cooker), but it also caramelizes the fat, adding a ton more flavor. If you don't want to do it, that's totally fine. You can just throw the chicken in the slow cooker. The sauce, you'll be happy to know, doesn't need any precooking. It just gets poured right in and forgotten about until dinner time.
Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs
Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Slow cooker chicken thighs served with hearty vegetables is a complete meal made easy! Tender pieces of chicken, potatoes, carrots, and corn, all simmered in a lemon garlic herb sauce.
Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs
Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Cooked in a rich tomato sauce with sweet paprika and smoky chorizo, this easy slow cooker chicken casserole recipe is a perfect dish to feed the family. It’s cooked with butter beans, so all you need to serve it with is a little crusty bread for dunking.
Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole
Instant Pot White Chicken Chili in Chicken Thigh Recipes,White Bean Chicken Chili is one of the favorite family meals ever! This Instant Pot White Chicken Chili is hearty, creamy, and made in a fraction of the time that the traditional recipe takes. With the help of the pressure cooker, White Chicken Chili is EASIER than ever! You can make this White Bean Chili with dried beans or canned beans. It also can be made with frozen or fresh chicken. Versatile and delicious, this Instant Pot White Bean Chili just can’t be beaten!
Instant Pot White Chicken Chili
Baked Ranch Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Easy, crunchy, delicious Baked Ranch Chicken Thighs are a super simple one-pot baked chicken thigh recipe that is – bursting with ranch flavor in only five ingredients, and a keto chicken thigh recipe everyone loves! Low carb, mess-free, a deliciously crunchy crust, in a huge family favorite that is sure to make anyone a fan of chicken thighs in under 40 minutes!
Baked Ranch Chicken Thighs
Instant Pot Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Instant Pot chicken thighs are so basic, yet so handy and versatile. You can enjoy them as a main dish, as well as in salads and casseroles. It is time to share another recipe that is so basic that I make over and over again, which tend to be audience favorites. If you are more of a chicken breast person, don’t worry, I’ve got you covered with my existing Instant Pot chicken breasts.
Instant Pot Chicken Thighs
Easy Chicken Tikka Masala in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Yogurt and spice-infused chicken kabob cooked in a creamy tomato sauce and served with easy stove-top garlic naan. If I had to pick a cuisine to live on for the rest of my days, Indian would win by a long shot. Indian food is extremely comforting and warms your belly. Just in time for fall and winter! I’ve simplified my favorite chicken tikka masala dish so you can make it at home and get delicious restaurant-style results in under 30 minutes. The sauce is so finger-licking good, I promise you’ll go back for seconds and thirds.
Easy Chicken Tikka Masala
Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken! Marinate skinless boneless chicken breasts in lime juice and cilantro marinade and then quickly grill to perfection. So easy! Hello, summer and cooking chicken on a grill! I don’t know about you, but sometimes I struggle with grilling chicken breasts. The meat can very easily end up charred and dry on the outside or ends, while still raw on the inside. What we’ve done here helps result in juicy chicken breasts, with nice grill marks to boot.
Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken
Easy BBQ Chicken in Chicken Thigh Recipes,I LOVE LOVE LOVE vinegary sauces that cut the sweet and this is PERFECT! It tasted delicious and is relatively easy to put together. The kids always say “prepare to lick your lips” when we have friends over for barbecue chicken. I’m proud of this dish, the first recipe I ever created.
Easy BBQ Chicken

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    Fun fact: Thighs are juicier, cheaper and easier to cook than breasts. Plus, this cut is so versatile, it works in everything from chowders to salads to one-skillet suppers. Chicken thighs are the best part of the chicken and the perfect weeknight protein. Plus, this meaty cut of chicken is so versatile, it works in plenty of different dishes. From boneless chicken thighs recipes to baked chicken thighs recipes, we've got the best ideas here for delicious dinners you can make using humble, but mighty, chicken thighs. Take cheap and cheerful chicken thighs to the next level with our ways to throw together an easy dinner.
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    Instant Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken in Chicken Thigh Recipes,This Paleo Sweet and Sour Chicken is made in the Instant Pot so it’s fast, easy, and a great meal for weeknights! Family (and kid!) approved, made with real-food ingredients and ready in 30 minutes. To sum up the recipe – chop ingredients, sear chicken, add sauce, pressure cook, thicken the sauce. That’s it! The entire meal will be ready in 30 minutes or less, and your family will be amazed that it’s healthy!
    Instant Pot Sweet and Sour Chicken
    30 minutes
    easy
    Marinated Oven Baked Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,These oven-baked chicken thighs are juicy, flavorful & exactly what you’re looking for in a chicken recipe. Smothered in a sweet soy sauce that makes itself in the pan, this is an easy weeknight dinner you’ll love. An easy chicken dinner that requires very little prep work? YAHS, please! Also, you can prepare a large batch to feed a crowd, just double or triple the ingredients.
    Marinated Oven Baked Chicken Thighs
    50 minutes
    easy
    Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings in Chicken Thigh Recipes,This Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings is an easy one-pot comfort food meal that can be ready in 30 minutes by using your Instant Pot! Chicken and dumplings are made with a chicken broth-based soup with chicken, vegetables, cream, and biscuits as the dumplings. It is a very hearty, rich and comforting soup that makes a perfect fall or winter soup. It is a very popular soup. The chicken and vegetables are all cooked together, sauteed in the same Instant Pot. This allows the chicken flavor to infuse flavor into the sauteed vegetables.
    Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings
    30 minutes
    easy
    Instant Pot Orange Chicken in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Instant Pot Orange Chicken is one of the easiest and most flavorful dishes that you can make in just 30 minutes. Forget about takeout, this easy dinner made with easy to find ingredients is so good that it will become a staple in your house. The Instant Pot Orange Chicken is made entirely in the Instant Pot, so fewer dishes for you to clean. Made with orange juice and orange zest gives the dish an amazingly fresh aroma. Sweet and hearty, served over brown rice, this dinner is so much healthier than takeout and also budget-friendly, as you will have leftovers that taste great.
    Instant Pot Orange Chicken
    30 minutes
    easy
    Slow Cooker Garlic Parmesan Chicken in Chicken Thigh Recipes,This is Family’s favorite slow cooker recipe! It's so simple, you just need a crockpot, chicken and some ingredients. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add chicken, season with salt and pepper, and sear until golden, 3 minutes per side. Then put all ingredients into a crockpot, and cook. You can also use boneless skinless chicken thighs, it may be better!
    Slow Cooker Garlic Parmesan Chicken
    255 minutes
    easy
    Instant Pot Honey Teriyaki Chicken in Chicken Thigh Recipes,If you've spent any time on the Internet, you've most likely have heard of the Instant Pot. And whether you're new to the craze or already an Instant Pot fanatic, this Instant Pot teriyaki chicken is a dinner dream come true. Ready in just 30 minutes and made with juicy chicken thighs, this recipe is all about the flavorful homemade honey-teriyaki sauce. Sweet and savory, these tender Instant Pot chicken thighs won't disappoint.
    Instant Pot Honey Teriyaki Chicken
    30 minutes
    easy
    Baked Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Baked chicken thighs that are crispy and juicy make for the perfect weeknight meal! This chicken recipe is incredibly easy to make, packed with flavor and much healthier than traditional fried chicken – you’ll love it. If you’re going for flavor, I do recommend using bone-in and skin-on chicken thighs. The skin locks in the moisture and bone-in chicken just taste better. It’s also cheaper. Win-win.
    Baked Chicken Thighs
    45 minutes
    easy
    Decilous Baked Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Baked Chicken Thighs are a delicious and very simple main dish. Chicken thighs have so much flavor and of course, dark meat is so incredibly tender! They are perfect served alongside mashed potatoes or Scalloped Potatoes. Cook up a large batch to feed a hungry crowd, add to your favorite Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup or freeze the leftovers for another meal. Oven-baked chicken thighs can stay frozen for up to four months. Just thaw and then wrap in foil for reheating. Baked chicken thighs make a delicious and simple main dish. The thighs have so much tender dark meat flavor!
    Decilous Baked Chicken Thighs
    45 minutes
    easy
    Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Searing the chicken thighs may seem like an annoying step, but trust us, it's worth it. Not only does it get the chicken skin nice and crispy (because it does lose some crispiness in the slow cooker), but it also caramelizes the fat, adding a ton more flavor. If you don't want to do it, that's totally fine. You can just throw the chicken in the slow cooker. The sauce, you'll be happy to know, doesn't need any precooking. It just gets poured right in and forgotten about until dinner time.
    Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs
    375 minutes
    easy
    Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Slow cooker chicken thighs served with hearty vegetables is a complete meal made easy! Tender pieces of chicken, potatoes, carrots, and corn, all simmered in a lemon garlic herb sauce.
    Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs
    135 minutes
    easy
    Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Cooked in a rich tomato sauce with sweet paprika and smoky chorizo, this easy slow cooker chicken casserole recipe is a perfect dish to feed the family. It’s cooked with butter beans, so all you need to serve it with is a little crusty bread for dunking.
    Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole
    210 minutes
    easy
    Instant Pot White Chicken Chili in Chicken Thigh Recipes,White Bean Chicken Chili is one of the favorite family meals ever! This Instant Pot White Chicken Chili is hearty, creamy, and made in a fraction of the time that the traditional recipe takes. With the help of the pressure cooker, White Chicken Chili is EASIER than ever! You can make this White Bean Chili with dried beans or canned beans. It also can be made with frozen or fresh chicken. Versatile and delicious, this Instant Pot White Bean Chili just can’t be beaten!
    Instant Pot White Chicken Chili
    60 minutes
    easy
    Baked Ranch Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Easy, crunchy, delicious Baked Ranch Chicken Thighs are a super simple one-pot baked chicken thigh recipe that is – bursting with ranch flavor in only five ingredients, and a keto chicken thigh recipe everyone loves! Low carb, mess-free, a deliciously crunchy crust, in a huge family favorite that is sure to make anyone a fan of chicken thighs in under 40 minutes!
    Baked Ranch Chicken Thighs
    50 minutes
    easy
    Instant Pot Chicken Thighs in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Instant Pot chicken thighs are so basic, yet so handy and versatile. You can enjoy them as a main dish, as well as in salads and casseroles. It is time to share another recipe that is so basic that I make over and over again, which tend to be audience favorites. If you are more of a chicken breast person, don’t worry, I’ve got you covered with my existing Instant Pot chicken breasts.
    Instant Pot Chicken Thighs
    37 minutes
    easy
    Easy Chicken Tikka Masala in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Yogurt and spice-infused chicken kabob cooked in a creamy tomato sauce and served with easy stove-top garlic naan. If I had to pick a cuisine to live on for the rest of my days, Indian would win by a long shot. Indian food is extremely comforting and warms your belly. Just in time for fall and winter! I’ve simplified my favorite chicken tikka masala dish so you can make it at home and get delicious restaurant-style results in under 30 minutes. The sauce is so finger-licking good, I promise you’ll go back for seconds and thirds.
    Easy Chicken Tikka Masala
    40 minutes
    easy
    Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken in Chicken Thigh Recipes,Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken! Marinate skinless boneless chicken breasts in lime juice and cilantro marinade and then quickly grill to perfection. So easy! Hello, summer and cooking chicken on a grill! I don’t know about you, but sometimes I struggle with grilling chicken breasts. The meat can very easily end up charred and dry on the outside or ends, while still raw on the inside. What we’ve done here helps result in juicy chicken breasts, with nice grill marks to boot.
    Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken
    45 minutes
    easy
    Easy BBQ Chicken in Chicken Thigh Recipes,I LOVE LOVE LOVE vinegary sauces that cut the sweet and this is PERFECT! It tasted delicious and is relatively easy to put together. The kids always say “prepare to lick your lips” when we have friends over for barbecue chicken. I’m proud of this dish, the first recipe I ever created.
    Easy BBQ Chicken
    85 minutes
    easy