Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs with Lemon Sauce
This dish features crispy oven roasted chicken thighs topped with a rich yet light feeling pan sauce with shallots, lemon, and herbs to brighten everything up.
Servings: 4
Calories: 468kcal
Ingredients
- 2 pounds chicken thighs with skin trimmed
- 1 teaspoon avocado oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon butter or avocado oil, for dairy-free
- 1 shallot minced
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 teaspoon glucomann powder thickener, optional
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 lemon
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425ºF and oil a rimmed baking sheet with avocado oil. Place chicken pieces on the oiled tray, skin side up. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Bake at 425ºF for 40-50 minutes, or until the chicken is brown and crisp. Remove chicken from the pan and set onto serving plates.
- Add the chicken broth to the roasting pan and scrape up all the flavorful browned bits, which makes an even more flavorful sauce.
- Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium high heat. When foaming subsides, add the shallot and cook until soft and translucent but not brown, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic thyme and cook for another minute, until fragrant. Add broth from the pan and sprinkle glucomann on top. Simmer until the sauce reduces thickens a bit, about 5-10 minutes. Off heat, stir in lemon juice, zest, and parsley. Taste sauce and adjust with salt and pepper, as desired. Serve over roasted thighs.
Nutrition Facts
Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs with Lemon Sauce
Amount per Serving
Calories
468
% Daily Value*
Fat
36
g
55
%
Saturated Fat
11
g
69
%
Cholesterol
196
mg
65
%
Sodium
390
mg
17
%
Potassium
463
mg
13
%
Carbohydrates
3
g
1
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
1
g
1
%
Protein
32
g
64
%
Vitamin A
322
IU
6
%
Vitamin C
9
mg
11
%
Calcium
19
mg
2
%
Iron
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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