Chicken Thighs

marybishop

Make a lovely chicken casserole. You can skin them if you prefer but either way brown them in a little oil then add some chopped onion and fry that a bit (don't let it burn), then add veg such as carrots, celery, peas, sweetcorn, whatever you fancy really and enough stock to cover all the ingredients, season and let it cook on low for a couple of hours. Lovely with mash! Chicken thighs have a lovely flavour. Friend of mine de-bones the thighs when they're cooked as the meat just falls off the bone then, bit of a fiddle trying to do it before you cook them. I tend to serve it bones and all!

researcher

We always buy thighs in preference to breast, and you won't be disappointed. Some of our favourites are:

curried, stir fry , pad thai, stuffed with blue cheese and wrapped in parma ham then baked (that's for special occasions), Cooked in sherry (or wine).

They can be baked, casseroled, or fried, they can be left whole or cut into pieces, the skin can be left on or taken off.

My advice would be to try a favourite and see what happens!

Pink.

Hi r.mac,

I think chicken thighs are tastier and prefer them to chicken breasts. I either grill them or use them in the slow cooker. Usually they have the bone in and if I'm doing them in the slow cooker I either remove the skin before cooking or take them out of the slow cooker to crisp the skin up in the oven before serving. If they do have bones in, don't forget to save them for stock.

There are more suggestions on how to use them on these threads:

Chicken thigh recipes wanted!

chicken thighs and drumsticks..kentucky style seasoning ?

Pink

angeluk69_2

Chicken Thighs are lovely and have much more flavour than breast meat.

Put into a casserole for a really hearty meal, if I am feeling adventurous I like totake the time to take out the bone while raw and put cheese (like brie) and bacon, or some stilton and brocolli into the gap where the bone was and then fry to seal it and put in the oven for 20 mins. This is lovely.

HTH

Claudie

Some lovely ideas! I usually just bake my covered in honey....

newleaf

This is very good, I make it with chicken thighs and do it in the slow cooker.
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/moroccan-baked-chicken-with-chickpeas-and-rice,1343,RC.html
I use a tin of chickpeas for convenience.

fairenoughclough

I just put them in an ovenproof dish, brush with a bit of olive oil and cook at 200 degC for 50- 55 minutes.

Crisp skin and lovely juicy meat.

For a cheap accompaniment, a tin of tinned new potatoes cooked in exactly the same way.

:beer:

r.mac_2

Pink-winged wrote:

Hi r.mac,

I think chicken thighs are tastier and prefer them to chicken breasts. I either grill them or use them in the slow cooker. Usually they have the bone in and if I'm doing them in the slow cooker I either remove the skin before cooking or take them out of the slow cooker to crisp the skin up in the oven before serving. If they do have bones in, don't forget to save them for stock.

There are more suggestions on how to use them on these threads:

Chicken thigh recipes wanted!

chicken thighs and drumsticks..kentucky style seasoning ?

Pink

hiya Pink

that's perfect - just what i was looking for.

It hadn't occurred to me that i could use the bones for stock either. I can make a hearty soup out of those.

Hope that you are well!

thanks again

BrokeBrokeBroke

Chicken and Spaghetti is one of my husband's absolute favourites:
Chicken Thighs roasted in oven around 45 mins until lovely and crispy, with a HUGE bowl of pasta (linguine is good) and tomato sauce. Lovely

r.mac_2

Right off to experiement. will post my results!