Juicy Baked Chicken Thighs (2025)

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These baked chicken thighs are an easy recipe I make at least once a month. Over the years, I’ve learned a few tricks to ensure they are juicy and flavorful chicken thighs that your family will ask you to make again and again.

If you’re short on time but want to serve your family a delicious and nutritious meal, this is the recipe you want to make. With just 5 minutes of prep, you can pop them into the oven and walk away.

I have two tricks to making these chicken thighs juicy and flavorful. You can use both of these tricks on any baked bone in chicken thigh recipe you make.

Season under the skin. This ensures that every bite you take is delicious.

Leave the skin on, even if you’re not going to eat it. The skin acts as a protective barrier, preventing the meat from becoming dry. If you don’t want to eat it, remove it after it’s cooked.

You'll love these oven baked chicken thighs

• The combination of simple, pantry-staple spices gives them tons of flavor.
• They are always juicy. We cook them with the skin on (but give instructions on preparing them if you'd prefer not to eat the skin), ensuring they never dry out.
• Based on the popular Perfect Baked Chicken Breasts recipe, so you'll know they'll be a hit.
• After only 5 minutes of prep, they'll be ready to hang out in the oven and cook themselves.
• Sugar-free! Many chicken thigh recipes call for sugar, but we think it's unnecessary. This recipe is crazy delicious AND healthy.
• Leftovers taste great sliced off the bone and served over salad for lunch. 1 recipe = 2 meals. Love meal prep!

Baked chicken thighs recipe ingredients

Chicken thighs are naturally juicy and flavorful, so you only need a few spices to take them to the next level. Here are the ingredients to gather:

• Chicken thighs:You’ll want bone-in chicken thighs with the skin on for this recipe. If you don’t want to eat the skin, leave it on for cooking as it helps prevent the meat from drying out. You can remove it when it’s cooked, if you’d like.
• Olive oil:this helps the spices stick to the chicken and helps render the fat from the skin, making it crispy. You can substitute another neutral-flavored oil, if you’d like.
• Spices:From your pantry, take out some onion powder, garlic powder, chili powder, oregano, salt, and pepper.

That’s it! With these few ingredients you can make the juiciest bone-in chicken thighs ever!

How to store oven baked chicken thighs

If you’re lucky enough to have leftover baked chicken thighs, you can keep them in the fridge and enjoy them throughout the week. First, let them cool to room temperature, then transfer them to an airtight container. Pop them in the fridge for up to four days, and when you’re ready to eat them, reheat in the oven. They are also delicious served cold from the fridge or sliced and served cold over salad for lunch.

You can also freeze them for up to three months.