Chicken thigh

7 steps to make delicious chicken thighs

Posted by Gary

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While my favourite cut of chicken is the Maryland, when that piece is not available the next best thing is a thigh with the skin still attached. For reasons that escape me, Coles has started calling chicken thighs, chicken cutlets. Bizarre if you ask me.

In terms of basic cooking, you can’t beat a simple oven roast at 180 °C for between 50 and 60 minutes depending on size, number and how closely spaced the thighs are in your baking tray.

My preferred method though for cooking chicken thighs in the oven is to ensure a crunchy skin and to have something with some extra crunch to accompany the chicken meat.

For me the bestest tastiest chicken thighs are those cooked with cheese and on a piece of bread. If done well you end up with a really crispy cheesy skin and a nice tasting piece of toast.

Step 1

You can use any type of bread really although I probably wouldn’t use a sweet bread like raisin toast. I also wouldn’t use a flat bread or unleavened bread. In fact if you have a stale loaf and you can cut it yourself a thicker than normal slice is best.

There’s no need for butter because the fat and juices from the chicken will be absorbed by the bread and the melting cheese will give it a richness you can’t beat.

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Steps 2 and 3

I use Coon grated cheese on the bread and then lay the chicken on top.

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Step 4

On top of the chicken I use slices of cheese. I recommend a cheese that melts nicely. I like Swiss cheese and Colby cheese. Gruyere would also be good.

Roast chicken thigh preparation

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On the cheese I like some freshly cracked black pepper and some chilli flakes and a little sea salt.

If you do this right you end up with tender moist chicken flesh, crispy skin and some lovely toast which will hold all manner of vegetables accompaniments.

Roast cheesy chicken thighs on crunchy cheesy bread with potato gems
Roast cheesy chicken thighs on crunchy cheesy bread with potato gems

If you try this please let me know and tell me what you think.

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The best Chicken giblet congee with black fungus

Posted by Gary
Chicken giblets
Chicken giblets

This is the best chicken giblet congee with black fungus recipe you will ever come across I promise.

Chicken drumsticks and thighs
Chicken drumsticks and thighs
Arborio rice with red and white quinoa
Arborio rice with red and white quinoa
Black fungus
Black fungus
Chicken thigh, drumstick and giblet congee with black fungus
Chicken thigh, drumstick and giblet congee with black fungus
The best Chicken giblet congee with black fungus
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian
Author: [url href=”http://garylum.me” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”]Gary Lum[/url]
Prep time:
Cook time:
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Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Chicken giblets 500 g
  • Chicken drumsticks 6
  • Chicken thighs 3
  • Black fungus 1 handful
  • Arborio rice 1 cup
  • Red quinoa ⅛ cup
  • White quinoa ⅛ cup
  • Chicken stock 1 litre
  • Black peppercorns ⅛ cup
  • Chilli flakes 1 dessert spoon
Instructions
  1. Put all the ingredients sans black fungus into the pressure cooker chamber
  2. Cook in the pressure cooker for 1 hour
  3. Remove the bones from the chicken pieces
  4. Mix everything together into a porridge consistency
  5. Prior to the pressure cooker finishing its cycle poor boiling water into a bowl with the black fungus
  6. When the black fungus is tender add to the congee
  7. Shoot a photograph
  8. Eat the congee
  9. Wash the dishes
  10. Write the recipe
  11. Blog (verb)

Some photographs from a walk around Lake Ginninderra.

Tree
Tree
Cows
Cows
Beach buoys
Beach buoys

Baked chicken thigh with chia rice and avocado in a lettuce wrap

Posted by Gary

This whole low fat approach to eating is pretty good once I get the hang of working out what foods are low in saturated fats. I have to admit to some compromises, for example, low fat chicken usually mean chicken breast, but for me, I like baked chicken thigh with the fat trimmed.

Tuesday dinner. Baked chicken thigh, rice and avocado lettuce wrap.
Tuesday dinner. Baked chicken thigh, rice and avocado lettuce wrap.
Baked chicken thigh with chia rice and avocado in a lettuce wrap
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian
Author: [url href=”https://about.me/garydlum” target=”_blank”]Gary Lum[/url]
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Skinless chicken thigh
  • Avocado
  • Rice
  • Chia
  • Honey
  • Soy
  • Lime
  • Cos lettuce leaves
  • Chili flakes
Instructions
  1. In some aluminium foil place a skinless chicken thigh plus lime wedges and add some honey and soy sauce.
  2. Wrap up the chicken and bake in a benchtop oven at 200 °C for 60 minutes.
  3. Microwave the rice and chia.
  4. Mash an avocado with some extra virgin olive oil.
  5. Mix the avocado and rice and add some chili flakes.
  6. When the chicken is cooked let it rest for 10 minutes and then shred.
  7. Add the shredded chicken thigh meat to the rice and avocado mash.
  8. Plate up and shoot a photograph.
  9. Eat the meal as a wrap.
  10. Wash the dishes.
  11. Write the recipe.
  12. Blog (verb).

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I hope you liked this baked chicken thigh recipe.

Quick and easy one pot roast panko chicken thigh and vegetable rice

Posted by Gary

I wasn’t going to blog this. You see so many recipes for roast chicken thigh or chicken maryland on YummyLummy.com. What motivated me to blog tonight about this one pot roast is how quick and easy it was to make while I continued doing some work e-mails.

Panko chicken thigh with pea and corn arborio rice
Panko chicken thigh with pea and corn arborio rice
Quick and easy one pot roast panko chicken thigh and vegetable rice
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian
Author: Gary Lum
Prep time:
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Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Chicken thigh
  • Panko crumbs
  • Grape seed oil
  • Frozen peas
  • Frozen corn
  • Arborio rice
  • Butter
Instructions
  1. In a shallow nonstick bowl or shallow nonstick ovenproof frying pan add a lump of butter
  2. Pile on the frozen peas and corn and then a small handful of arborio rice
  3. Add half a glass of water
  4. In the plastic bag the chicken was sold in add the oil and panko crumbs and make sure the crumbs coat the chicken
  5. Add the chicken on top of the vegetables and rice
  6. Put into a benchtop oven at 200 °C or a conventional fan forced oven at 160 °C for 1 hour
  7. After one hour allow everything to rest for 15 minutes and then serve onto a plate
  8. Shoot a photograph
  9. Eat the meal
  10. Wash the dishes
  11. Write the recipe
  12. Blog (verb)

The vegetables and rice were delicious. The arborio rice absorbed all the chicken juices that dripped from the chicken as it was cooking. I didn’t need to add any salt and the rice had a lovely creamy rich flavour from the chicken and lump of butter. The peas and corn were perfectly cooked because the chicken provided protection from the heat. The panko crumbs add such a lovely crunch to the skin of the chicken.

I’ll share a confession, I didn’t use a knife to eat this meal. My focus tonight was on a piece of work I had to complete so after I shot the photograph I ate most of the rice and vegetables with a fork, peeled the crumbed skin and cloaca off the chicken and then picked up the thigh and ate all the muscle bundles. I then added the remainder of the vegetables and rice into the ‘shell’ of crumbed skin, rolled it and ate it like a crunchy rice and vegetable roll. I was that hungry and it was that delicious. It was also so easy to clean up the dishes. One ‘pot’ and one plate.

Do you have a one pot roast recipe you’d like to share?

Panko crumbed chicken thigh with avocado jalapeño quinoa rice and peas and corn

Posted by Gary

My friend Diane tagged me in a Facebook photograph about chicken thigh and coincidentally I was having chicken thigh tonight.

Chicken thigh with avocado quinoa rice and peas and corn
Chicken thigh with avocado quinoa rice and peas and corn

This is the chicken thigh sitting on top of the frozen peas and corn just before putting it into the oven.

Chicken thigh with avocado quinoa rice and peas and corn
Chicken thigh with avocado quinoa rice and peas and corn

This is the finished dish with the delightfully crunchy panko crumbed chicken thigh with amazing tender succulent and juicy dark meat.

Panko crumbed chicken thigh with avocado jalapeño quinoa rice and peas and corn
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian
Author: Gary Lum
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Chicken thigh
  • Panko crumbs
  • Grape seed oil
  • Chicken salt
  • Avocado
  • Jalapeño pepper
  • Lime juice
  • Olive oil
  • Leftover quinoa rice
  • Frozen peas and corn
Instructions
  1. In the plastic bag the chicken was sold in add some grape seed oil, the panko crumbs and chicken salt and rub it all together
  2. Put some frozen peas and corn into a small metal oven proof bowl
  3. Put the chicken thigh on top of the peas and corn to allow the chicken juices to drip into the peas and corn
  4. Put the chicken and vegetables into a benchtop oven at 200 °C for 1 hour or a fan forced full sized oven at 150 °C for 1 hour
  5. In a microblender process the avocado, jalapeño, olive oil and lime juice
  6. Add the avocado to the leftover quinoa rice to make avocado jalapeño quinoa rice
  7. When the chicken is cooked make sure you allow the chicken to rest for at least 20 minutes
  8. I cannot stress to much the value of letting the chicken rest
  9. It will be juicy and succulent if you let the chicken rest
  10. Plate up by putting the chicken on a plate first followed by the peas and corn and then fill the gaps with the avocado jalapeño quinoa rice
  11. Shoot a photograph
  12. Eat the meal
  13. Wash the dishes
  14. Write the recipe
  15. Blog (verb)
Smoked salmon breakfast burger
Smoked salmon breakfast burger

This is what I had for breakfast. A smoked salmon breakfast burger with a toasted bread roll.

Do you like chicken thigh or do you prefer breast?