Dinner Essentials Buttery Baked Chicken Thighs Recipes

Steps:

• PREP/PREPARE
• THE BAKED GARLIC
• Gather your ingredients.
• Place a rack in the middle position, and preheat the oven to 350f (175c).
• Place the garlic cloves on a piece of parchment paper, and drizzle with a bit of olive oil, and a pinch of salt.
• Twist the parchment together, and place into the preheated oven, until the garlic is tender, about 20 - 25 minutes.
• Remove from the oven, allow to cool.
• Mash the garlic into the softened butter, and reserve.
• Chef's Tip: Baked garlic goes great when mixed with some fluffy mash potatoes. In addition, you eat it spread it over some toast. So yummy.
• THE COATING
• Gather your ingredients.
• Mix all the coating ingredients together in a small bowl, and reserve.
• THE ASSEMBLY
• Leave the rack in the middle position, and increase the temperature of the oven to 425f (220c).
• Place the panko breadcrumbs in a dish or pie plate.
• Carefully separate the skin from the meat of the chicken thighs.
• Rub half the garlic butter under the skin of the first chicken thigh, and repeat for the second.
• Restore the skin, and then brush the coating over the skins of the chicken thighs (both top and bottom).
• Dredge the thighs in the panko breadcrumbs until thoroughly coated.
• Place the chicken thighs on a parchment-lined baking sheet fitted with a wire rack.
• Place into the preheated oven until the internal temperature of the thighs reaches 165f (75c), about 35 - 40 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving.
• PLATE/PRESENT
• Plate with your favorite sides... how about a nice pile of garlic mash potatoes. Enjoy.
• Keep the faith, and keep cooking.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place 3 tablespoons butter in a microwave-safe bowl and heat in a microwave oven until melted, 1 to 2 minutes. Smash garlic cloves with the side of a chef's knife and add garlic to the warm butter. Stir in lemon juice and onion powder. Set aside.
• Sprinkle both sides of chicken thighs with salt and pepper. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon butter in a medium-sized oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken, skin-side down, for 3 to 4 minutes. Flip chicken over and brush skin with lemon-butter mixture. Pour remaining butter mixture into skillet and remove from heat.
• Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Brush skin every 10 minutes with pan juices.
• Remove skillet from the oven and place chicken on a serving platter. Drizzle chicken with pan juices and garnish with parsley.