Lemon Roasted Chicken Thighs

Name: Lemon Roasted Chicken Thighs
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Garlic - 4 cloves, chopped; Lemon juice - 4 Tbsp; Chicken thighs, bone-in and skin on - 8; Lemons - 2, thinly sliced; Flour, all-purpose - 1 cup; Paprika - 1 tsp; Thyme, dried - 1 tsp; Salt - 2 tsp; Oil, cooking - 4 Tbsp; Brown sugar (opt) - 2 tsp

7 steps

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Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:32:23 GMT

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Ingredients

8 servings

4 clovesGarlic

chopped

4 TbspLemon juice

1 cupFlour all-purpose

1 tsppaprika

1 tspThyme dried

2 tspSalt

4 TbspOil

cooking

2 tspBrown sugar

opt

Instructions

Step 1

Marinate chicken - Chop garlic. Combine garlic and lemon juice in a zip-top bag or baking dish. Add chicken and toss to coat in marinade. Marinate for at least 30 minutes and up to 4 hours.

Step 2

Prep breading - Combine flour, paprika, thyme, and salt in a zip-top bag or bowl.

Step 3

Heat oven to 425F / 218C.

Step 4

Remove chicken from marinade (discard marinade) and toss in breading.

Step 5

Heat an oven-safe skillet with oil over medium heat. Add chicken, skin-side down, and cook on one side until skin is crisp, ~8 minutes.

Step 6

Return to chicken and, if skin is crisp, turn chicken so the skin is facing up. Sprinkle the skin with brown sugar and top each piece of chicken with a lemon slice.

Step 7

Transfer skillet with chicken to the oven. Cool for ~20 minutes. Chicken is done when it reaches 165F / 74C.