Baked Lemon Butter Chicken Thighs
A juicy and flavorful chicken dish, baked with a lemon butter sauce.
Ingredients
- butter (4 tablespoons)
- garlic (4 cloves)
- lemon juice (2 tablespoons)
- onion powder (0.25 teaspoon)
- skin-on chicken thighs (4 (8 ounce))
- salt (0 )
- ground black pepper (0 )
- fresh parsley (2 tablespoons)
Instructions
- 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 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.
Nutrition
(*Nutrition data is approximate and may vary depending on the brand and type of ingredients used.)
- kcal: 510
- fat: 34 g
- sats: 14 g
- carbs: 7 g
- fibre: 0 g
- protein: 41 g
- salt: 0 g