Crispy-skin chicken thighs

Crispy-skin chicken thighs

Delicious and gluten-free chicken and crispy potato wedges, roasted with paprika and lemon

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 220C/fan 200/gas 7. Wipe the chicken thighs with kitchen paper. Finely grate the zest from 1 lemon and squeeze the juice from both. Mix in a shallow dish with the tarragon, 1 tbsp of the oil, and some salt and pepper. Slash the skin of each chicken thigh three times, then turn in the marinade. The chicken pieces can be cooked immediately or left in the fridge for up to a day.
  2. Cut the potatoes into wedges and spread over a roasting tin. Toss in the remaining oil and sprinkle with paprika. Set a rack on top and arrange the chicken pieces on the rack. Bake for 30-40 mins, until the chicken is well browned and the potatoes tender. Serve with a simple green salad.
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MAKE IT DIFFERENT

Other herbs, such as thyme or marjoram, can be used instead of tarragon. And you can add some whole, unpeeled cloves of garlic, or trimmed spring onions to the dish of potatoes.

917 kcalories, protein 64g, carbohydrate 32g, fat 60 g, saturated fat 17g, fibre 2g, salt 0.74 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2005.

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  • 24 January 2008

    sylvie commented on this recipe

    Absolutely delicious and so easy to do. A family favourite.

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  • 24 January 2008

    sylvie rated this recipe

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  • 04 February 2008

    Pippa rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely! Feel-good factor when marinading chicken the day before, and from there SO simple and effective. Potatoes sticky and tasty for the first serve and more 'roasted' for husbands re-heat.

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  • 14 March 2008

    joyous rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really tasty and very simple to make. Didn't have any tarragon so used rosemary from the garden, still good!

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  • 20 March 2008

    Sue Spink rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    My husband thought this was very tasty but the potatoes were a bit oily from the chicken fat dripping onto them. Maybe need to try again with better quality chicken.

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  • 27 March 2008

    sweet pea rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    tasted lovely and zesty husband also liked it, I didnt have tarragon and used rosemary instead. My only negative was my potatoes didnt look as good (brown) as in the picture, but all was forgiven as they were very tasty. lovely change

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  • 02 September 2008

    Woody rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was truly scrumptious! I got the wrong chicken out of the freezer (skinless and boneless thighs) but it still worked a treat. I also used rosemary instead of tarragon and this worked really well with the lemony flavour. Had leftovers today for lunch with a salad - delicious. Will def make again :o)

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  • 15 September 2008

    CazStanley rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Marinated for 24 hours, tasted delicious. Only downside is potatoes didn't go crispy as there was so much fat in chicken thighs, although I had brought free range organic and kept draining the fat off.

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  • 01 March 2009

    flash rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Tasty and easy, though the wedges were a bit soggy. Will do again but will put the wedges on a separate tray. The chicken was lovely.

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  • 03 March 2009

    Trisha commented on this recipe

    Really good easy supper - my husband asked for something without a rich sauce so tried this and got the big thumbs up! Children loved it too. I did put the wedges on a different tray so they worked better and came out crispy... lovely with an avacado salad.

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  • 14 March 2009

    Mrs Kelly rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    With chicken thighs on special offer, I bought them with no idea how to cook them. I used this recipe but as I didn't have much time, adapted it by grating the zest from 2 lemons, mixing this with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 teaspoon of freeze dried tarragon. This sat on the side while I washed and dried the chicken. Having slashed the skin, I rubbed this mixture into the skin of the 8 chicken thighs I had. Lastly I sprinkled a small amount of Maldon salt on top of each thigh. Baked for 45 mins in my fan oven, they were crispy and delcious. However, I agree with other writers who said the potatoes were greasy. They were very oily but my daughter's boyfriend, aged 17, managed to eat a mountain of them all the same! Fabulously easy to do though as the whole meal cooks itself!

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  • 31 March 2009

    Littlemisslucky rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious. Potato wedges worked well too.

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  • 10 April 2009

    Sarah82 rated this recipe

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  • 12 April 2009

    schizopear rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    this is a perfect meal for a lazy day as it simply cooks itself. i don't normally like to eat the skin on chicken thighs but it was so tasty that i couldn't resist. i have to admit that some of the potato wedges got a bit greasy where too much chicken fat collected, but the rest were really crisp and delicious. i'll certainly keep this recipe filed away for days when i want something good to eat but have little patience for cooking.

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  • 15 May 2009

    Adas rated this recipe

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  • 06 July 2009

    kozy_45 commented on this recipe

    Sorry if this sounds very stupid but I'd rather do this recipe with chicken breast, as opposed to chicken thighs and was wondering if there was a difference in cooking time?

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  • 07 October 2009

    NorthernGooner rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very very nice - I too have been extremely fussy and sceptical of chicken thighs and have always preferred to use chicken breasts - but this dish has truly converted me - fantastically easy and impressed my eaters

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  • 07 October 2009

    NorthernGooner commented on this recipe

    Very very nice - I too have been extremely fussy and sceptical of chicken thighs and have always preferred to use chicken breasts - but this dish has truly converted me - fantastically easy and impressed my eaters

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  • 31 March 2010

    teapot rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    It was lovely. I don't use chicken thighs much but it was well worth it, really nice. I made some sweet potato wedges too.

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  • 14 May 2010

    Monenna rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These were great, and I didn't find them soggy, but I had poured away the excess juice after marinading overnight, and the chicken thighs were skinless

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

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917 kcalories, protein 64g, carbohydrate 32g, fat 60 g, saturated fat 17g, fibre 2g, salt 0.74 g

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