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Chili Powder Chicken Thigh Rub & Recipe
Weeknight cooking is everyone’s biggest challenge. No one wants to figure out how to whip up a delicious, healthy dinner after a long day. This recipe is a game changer. The rub can be batched ahead of time, making assembly a snap. Even better, chicken thighs reheat beautifully; so cooking a bunch on Sunday can make for several weekday meals.
Servings 6 3 oz jars of rub
Ingredients
- 4 2.5 oz jars chili powder
- 2 2.5 oz jars dried cumin
- 2 2.5 oz jars dried oregano
- 1/2 cup kosher salt
- 1/8 cup freshly ground pepper
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl and pour into individual jars for gifting.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- Sprinkle each chicken thigh with a tablespoon of chili powder mixture, covering both sides.
- Place chicken thighs skin side down in a roasting pan. Cover tightly with foil and place in preheated oven. Bake for 60 minutes.
- Remove pan from oven and remove foil. Turn chicken thighs skin side up.
- Return to oven for 15 minutes and bake uncovered.
- Turn broiler on high and broil chicken thighs for 2-3 minutes, or until crispy and golden.
- Let rest for a few minutes before serving. I recommend a lemony arugula salad as the perfect side to these tasty chicken thighs.
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Kristen Coffield
I am a passionate advocate for food as medicine, life navigator and culinary coach. This is my space for sharing what excites, inspires and motivates me to live my best life. It began as a recipe blog for nourishing, simple, weekday meals and has become something much bigger… a guide to resilient wellness. I am excited to share my knowledge of how daily habits can cumulatively help you to live like you mean it and age like you want to.
Absolutely the best and easiest chicken recipe!…..and you can eat it cold the next day for a quick lunch….if you’ve got a lot of guests coming over you can scale this to infinity….a bedrock recipe!…thank you Kristen.
Thank you for trying it!
Bone-in thighs or skinless, boneless thighs?
I recommend bone in skin on chicken thighs (trim excess fat). Let me know when you try it!
Perfect on chicken legs, too!
Chris,
Thanks for trying the chili powder rub on legs. Perfect idea and so much delicious flavor when you use legs!
Zestfully Yours,
Kristen
Used this on legs…perfect and tender…wonderful recipe!