If the hostess thinks what to cook from chicken thighs, then the collection published below will come to her aid. This part of the chicken can be easily turned into various interesting dishes. Among them, even barbecue and chakhokhbili.

Oven chicken skewers in the oven

It is very important to properly marinate chicken before baking it in the oven.

Ingredients:

  • hips - 6 - 7 pcs.;
  • sour cream / mayonnaise - 1/3 tbsp .;
  • spicy mustard - 1 tbsp. l .;
  • soy sauce - 1 tbsp. l .;
  • white wine vinegar - 1 tbsp. l .;
  • salt, oil, herbs of Provence.

Cooking:

  1. Mix in a deep glass dish oil (preferably olive, 1 - 2 large spoons), mustard, soy sauce, sour cream / mayonnaise, vinegar.
  2. Immediately pour salt and Provence herbs to the ingredients.
  3. Mix everything and grate thawed chicken with the mixture. Thighs must first be cut into 2 parts.
  4. Leave the bird cool. The minimum period is half an hour. The longer the hips lie in the marinade, the tastier the result will be.
  5. Soak skewers from bamboo for a quarter of an hour in ice water. Then dry. String prepared thighs on them.
  6. Place blanks on a baking sheet covered with foil.
  7. Cook first 40 minutes at an average level at 180 degrees. Then turn on the grill function and leave the bird in the oven for another half hour.

Serve chicken thigh shish kebab with plenty of fresh herbs.

Fried thighs in a pan

For roasting chicken, it is most convenient to use a large cast-iron skillet.

Ingredients:

  • thighs - kilo;
  • classic mayonnaise - 5 dess. l .;
  • garlic - 4 cloves;
  • ketchup - 1 dess. l .;
  • cheese - 80 - 100 g;
  • salt, pepper, oil.

Cooking:

  1. To deliciously fry the chicken thighs in a pan, you must first rinse them with cold water and pat them with paper towels.
  2. Ketchup mixed with mashed garlic (half), salt and pepper. It is better to take assorted colored ground peppers.
  3. Grate the prepared chicken with the mixture from the last step. Wrap it in a bag, having previously released air, and put it in the cold for a couple of hours. Once a quarter of an hour, you should shake the resulting bag so that the components of the marinade are evenly distributed over the meat pieces.
  4. Grate the cheese, mix with the remaining mashed garlic and mayonnaise.
  5. Fry the prepared thighs in hot fat until golden brown. They must be fully prepared.
  6. After about 17 to 20 minutes, cover the chicken with the cheese mixture. Close the pan with a lid and let it simmer for another 6 to 7 minutes.

Baked potatoes will be an ideal side dish for such a treat.

How to cook in batter

The batter makes the dish tender and juicy inside, and also covers it with a delicious crisp. Hips prepared according to this recipe will be an excellent snack to the foam.

Ingredients:

  • hips - 9 - 10 pcs.;
  • flour - 130 - 150 g;
  • eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • milk - ½ tbsp .;
  • salt, aromatic herbs, oil.

Cooking:

  1. Beat the contents of raw eggs thoroughly with a hand mixer.
  2. Pour milk into the mass, add salt and spices.
  3. Pour the flour onto a separate flat plate.
  4. Grate the prepared thighs with salt and aromatic herbs. Each dip in the egg mixture first, and then in the flour.
  5. Fry chicken in hot oil on all sides. In the process, the thighs need to be constantly turned over.

Before serving, put the parts of the bird on paper towels so that the dish is not too greasy when serving.

Chicken thigh fillet in a slow cooker

This is a low-calorie version of the dish. It is good for dieting.

Ingredients:

  • thigh fillet - 1.5 - 1.7 kg;
  • onions - 50 - 70 g;
  • garlic - 20 g;
  • ketchup - 40 ml;
  • salt and oil.

Cooking:

  1. Fry large pieces of onion with a minimum amount of oil in baking mode.
  2. Add small cubes of garlic. Cook the ingredients together until a bright garlic aroma appears.
  3. Pour fillet into slices. Add ketchup, salt and some water.
  4. Cook in a stew program for 50 - 70 minutes under the lid.

At the very end of cooking for chicken thighs in a slow cooker, you can pour chopped cilantro or other fresh herbs.

With potatoes in the oven

Thighs with potatoes - a delicious hearty dish that will be able to feed the whole large family for lunch. Various pickles and pickled vegetables complement it perfectly.

Ingredients:

  • hips - kilo;
  • dry hot mustard and sweet paprika - a small spoon;
  • potato - kilo;
  • garlic - clove;
  • kefir - a full glass;
  • Fresh dill, salt, aromatic herbs.

Cooking:

  1. Grate the prepared thighs with a mixture of salt, mashed garlic and aromatic herbs.
  2. Pour the bird with marinade made from kefir, chopped dill and dry mustard. Leave it to cool for 3 hours.
  3. Chop the potato into slices and put in a deep form. Sprinkle with salt and paprika on top. Sprinkle with any oil.
  4. Spread pickled bird on top.

Bake chicken thighs with potatoes in the oven until cooked. If the pieces of meat begin to burn, while still raw inside, they can be covered with a sheet of foil.

In mayonnaise and soy sauce marinade

For a marinade, classic dark soy sauce is best.

Ingredients:

  • hips - 3 pcs.;
  • mayonnaise - 1/3 st .;
  • soy sauce - 30 - 40 ml;
  • garlic, hazel, paprika and salt to taste.

Cooking:

  1. Rinse the thighs and dry well from excess fluid. Each cut exactly in the middle into 2 parts.
  2. Grate the marinade. It is prepared from all the other ingredients declared in the recipe, carefully mixed together. Salt in the marinade should be added to taste, given that soy sauce is already very salty.
  3. Rub the aromatic mass into the surface of the chicken pieces with force. Leave as cool in the marinate. The minimum period is half an hour. The longer the meat is in the marinade, the better. Well, if you can leave it in this form for the whole night.
  4. Cover the round heat-resistant form with foil. Put the hips in it.
  5. Oven in the oven at an average temperature of 40 - 45 minutes.

When serving, generously sprinkle the resulting dish with fresh chopped herbs.

Hearty Rice Dish

Rice is best used long steamed.

Ingredients:

  • chicken thighs - 5 - 6 pcs.;
  • dry rice - a full glass;
  • water - 2 tbsp .;
  • onion - the whole head;
  • salt, pepper mixture, oil.

Cooking:

  1. Peel and chop the onion in arbitrary pieces. Fry it in large quantities of oil until browned.
  2. Rinse the groats thoroughly until clear water and put in a heat-resistant form. Spread onion frying with the remaining fat on top.
  3. Then spread the thighs, grated with peppers and salt.
  4. Pour boiling water over everything so that rice and meat are covered with water until the middle. You can replace it with vegetable / meat broth.
  5. Cover the mold with foil.
  6. Bake food at an average temperature of 55 - 65 minutes, and then another quarter hour without coating. At this stage, you can optionally sprinkle all the ingredients with pepper.

Serve the finished dish for dinner with pickles.

Chakhokhbili from chicken thighs

The finished dish is surprisingly fragrant, with a gentle tomato sauce. It is delicious to water any side dish.

Ingredients:

  • thighs - kilo;
  • onion - a large head;
  • tomato sauce - a full glass;
  • garlic - 3 to 4 cloves;
  • fresh cilantro - half a bunch;
  • salt, sunli hops, pepper.

Cooking:

  1. Grate washed chicken with all declared spices and salt. Particularly carefully massage the sun-hops into it.
  2. Fry the hips in a pan on both sides until browning. This part of the chicken carcass is quite oily, so you can not use extra oil.
  3. Chop onion finely. Send it to the chicken in the pan. Slices of the vegetable should turn golden.
  4. Add ketchup. Stew the dish under the lid for 8 to 9 minutes.
  5. Sprinkle with chopped garlic and minced cilantro. Cook another quarter hour on low heat.

You can choose any side dish for such a dish. Boiled rice fits well with it.

Bake with cheese crust

Cheese will be hard or semi-hard.

Ingredients:

  • chicken thighs - 1.2 kilos;
  • onions, cheese and carrots - 80 - 100 g each;
  • mushrooms (it is best to use champignons) - 180 - 200 g;
  • ketchup - ½ st .;
  • mayonnaise - 70 - 90 g;
  • vegetable oil - 60 ml;
  • garlic - 20 g;
  • salt, pepper, dry basil.

Cooking:

  1. It is necessary to fry the ingredients separately. First - onion cubes until golden. Then - grated carrots until golden brown. And finally, thin plates of mushrooms until tender.
  2. Combine the fried ingredients. To salt. Add half the grated cheese to them.
  3. From the thighs, carefully cut the bones. Make cuts for the filling. Fill them with cheese and vegetable mass.
  4. Place prepared stuffed boneless thighs in shape.
  5. Combine mayonnaise, ketchup and remaining chopped cheese for the sauce. Cover with sauce all preparations.
  6. Bake the dish in the oven for about an hour at 190 degrees.

Serve with delicate mashed potato or pea cream.

Pot roast

You can use one large ceramic pot or several small ones for such a treat.

Ingredients:

  • hips - 2 pcs.;
  • potato - 2 pcs.;
  • cherry - 3 - 4 pcs.;
  • carrot and leek - half;
  • garlic - 2 cloves;
  • prunes - 3 pcs.;
  • chicken broth - 1 tbsp .;
  • Lavrushka - 2 leaves;
  • salt, pepper, oil.

Cooking:

  1. Separate poultry fillets from bones and skin.
  2. Grind vegetables (except cherry and potatoes) and garlic. Lightly fry until soft in a small amount of oil.
  3. Put potato wedges in pots, and then pieces of chicken, vegetables from the pan, parsley, halves of cherry and slices of prunes.
  4. Sprinkle everything with salt and pepper, pour the broth.

Bake the roast in the oven at an average temperature for about an hour, and then leave to infuse warm for another quarter hour.

Chicken thighs are a rather fatty product. Therefore, on a diet it should be consumed only in boiled, baked or stewed form. Frying will further increase the calorie content of the dish. However, fried, these parts of the carcass with a crispy crust are so delicious that you can forget about the diet for a short while!

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