Sharing our favorite baked chicken thighs today! My Southwest Buttermilk Baked Chicken Thighs has punches of flavor the whole family loves, and it only takes 10 minutes to prepare!
Baked Chicken Thighs
You are in for such a treat with these baked chicken thighs! This simple chicken recipe is a must make. Literally in the oven in 10 minutes. No fuss chicken that is so tender, you barely need your fork. With just a few pantry staples you are likely to have on hand, you’ll have a new dinner recipe in no time 🙂 Hope you enjoy!
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How To Bake Chicken Thighs
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place chicken thighs into a 9×13 inch baking dish. Place cumin, paprika, garlic salt, salt and pepper into a small bowl. Mix to combine then sprinkle over tops of chicken thighs. Pour buttermilk over top, cover baking dish loosely with tin foil and bake for 1 hour. Remove and let rest for 10 minutes before serving. Serve with your favorite roasted vegetables and salad if desired.
You’ll need cumin, smoked paprika, garlic salt, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Sprinkle right over your chicken.
Chicken Thigh Marinade
Pour 1 cup of buttermilk over the seasoned chicken, cover loosely with foil and bake for 1 hour.
How Long To Cook Chicken Thighs
Here’s what you’ll get! Remove the chicken and arrange onto a serving plate. You can make a sauce from the broth/buttermilk if you’d like.
Chicken Thigh Recipes Oven
Tender flavorful little chicken thighs. All of my boys went nuts for these.
I served our chicken with a variety of roasted vegetables. Simple and satisfying 🙂 Enjoy!
Southwest Buttermilk Baked Chicken Thighs
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 10 boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon Lawry's Garlic Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place chicken thighs into a 9x13 inch baking dish. Place cumin, paprika, garlic salt, salt and pepper into a small bowl. Mix to combine then sprinkle over tops of chicken thighs. Pour buttermilk over top, cover baking dish loosely with tin foil and bake for 1 hour. Remove and let rest for 10 minutes before serving. Serve with your favorite roasted vegetables and salad if desired.
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I made these last night… they were super tender, and very flavorful, but they ended up being SO greasy that after having 1 I ended up getting rid of them. Wish there were a way to get rid of the oil factor, because otherwise this is a solid recipe.
Hi Maggie, did you remove the thighs from the baking dish as soon as they were done? I just discarded the liquid and served them on a large plate without the juices. Sorry to hear that!!
Added! And my family is gonna love it!
Really good flavor! So easy too 🙂
Served over jasmine rice w/ cilantro & the juice from the pan, delish!
Great choice! So glad you enjoyed the recipe!
This looks amazing Jenny, totally have to try it!
This looks delicious and easy enough to where I’ll be OK with making it after fighting traffic for an hour to get home. :0)
Sounds great! Can you cook a chicken breast with the thighs? My hubby doesn’t care for dark meat but the rest of the family prefers it.
Thanks!
Yes that will work just fine Rose 🙂
I love chicken cooked this way, Jenny! My family would love it, too!
Several people have asked and I am also asking….What is the TEMPERATURE to cook this at? Recipe needs to be updated to include this information. Looks like a good recipe. Thanks.
Just updated the recipe, thanks.
What? I love that this is so easy. Making this soon. pinned.
In the oven in 10 minutes? Love that! This looks delicious and satisfying – such a perfect weeknight dinner!
This looks so delicious and so quick!
Yum! That’s what’s for dinner tonight!
I am making this for dinner tonight! Thank you for the recipe – looks delicious!
Jenny, like many others are asking, can you please let us know what temperature you baked your chicken thighs at? I will be going to the supermarket tonight and baking these tomorrow. Thanks!
Just updated the recipe, sorry about that!!
Thanks Jenny. I made this last night and it was delish. I made with yellow rice and broccoli. I had left over chicken so I took it off the bone and had it in a salad today for lunch. Delish both ways!
Love to hear it!! Glad you enjoyed!!
Long time lurker but rarely do I comment. This post is perfect timing because I was in need of something for tonight and was going to start a search. Even better that this came right to my email. Looks great and I can’t wait to try it. Thanks!!
Hope you enjoy Jenn!!
I know what to put on the menu for this week. Already have the chicken and the buttermilk. Sounds delish!
This is certain to be a classic family recipe!!
This looks delicious Jenny! Could you tell me what the temperature would be? 350?
Yes, 350. Just updated 🙂
Nice and easy recipe. Thank you and have a Great Week.
This looks so easy and delicious!! I love the crust on the outside of the chicken!
Oh my yummy-ness! These are definitely on the menu this week and I have buttermilk in the fridge! I’m assuming the temperature would be 350°? Thanks!!
Yes, 350 🙂
What oven temp do you cook these at?
350 degrees
Can I use regular milk instead of buttermilk? This looks so good and yummy but rather not buy buttermilk because the rest would just go to waste.
Thanks!!
I am not sure how regular milk would do Jessica. Have only used buttermilk 🙂
Jessica, you don’t need to buy buttermilk! You can add white vinegar (or lemon juice) to milk to make just enough buttermilk for this recipe. I believe the it’s about 1 tbsp vinegar to 1 cup milk.
You can make buttermilk from regular milk! You just add a little lemon juice or vinegar — I think 1 Tbsp per 1 cup of milk, but you can google it 🙂
Freeze eftover buttermilk in ice cube trays, pop them in a freezer back when frozen, and you have a 3-month supply of buttermilk as needed. Measure your ice cube trays (mine gives 1/8 cup cubes) first. 🙂
Love this tip!!
What temperature do you bake the chicken at?
What temperature did you bake these at?
350 degrees
This sounds so good! My family is going to be so impressed when I make these 😉
Oh good 🙂 Hope you enjoy!
This looks awesome Jenny- perfect for a weeknight dinner for my family!
This is such an easy recipe for dinner. I can’t wait to try it out.
Thank you!! I was seriously stumped on what to make for dinner tonight!! Can’t wait to try!
Omg yes please! These wouldn’t last minutes in our house~ happening!!!
Thanks Ashley 🙂 Hope you enjoy!
Josh will love this one!
Thinking this needs to be dinner tonight! Love the southwest flavors!
So do we Tieghan!!
I believe I’ll be having this for dinner!
Hope you enjoy Emmily!
These look SO good and I bet the flavor is amazing!!
Seriously cannot WAIT to try these. I am all about easy dinners right now!!
Yah, same here!! I’ll trade for some of that fabulous cake of yours!!
The thighs are the best part of the chicken soo juicy and cooking them in the bettermilk will only make them juicier. Heaven!
They really were so juicy! Hope you enjoy 🙂