How to cook chicken thighs in an oven with cheese

Chicken thighs are the most satisfying and tasty option for the second hot chicken meat dish for everyone except for special lovers of chicken wings.

This part of the chicken is the most delicious - juicy, meaty, fatty, with delicate cartilage and thin skin. In addition to the fact that chicken meat perfectly restores the strength of the human body after exhausting work and illness, it is a favorite meat product of the small representatives of the human race - children.

Chicken thighs are cooked in all their variety - they are put in soup, baked on the grill, fried in a pan, stewed with vegetables and strung on a skewer.

We offer a recipe for baked chicken thighs with cheese in the oven.

This dish is suitable for both a family dinner and a festive table.

Products

To cook chicken thighs in an oven with cheese you will need:

• 1 kg of chicken thighs,
• 150-200 ml of low-fat sour cream,
• 100 grams of hard cheese
• 2-3 tomatoes
• 1 head garlic
• 1-2 teaspoons of dried spices for chicken,
• some vegetable oil
• greens, salt, pepper to taste.

Pickling

Before cooking chicken thighs, marinate:

• scrape all the meaty parts with cloves of garlic, cut lengthwise,
• rub with salt, pepper and a dry mixture of spices for chicken,
• drizzle with vinegar.

Place the chicken thighs in a bowl under the lid or wrap in cling film for 30-40 minutes.

Cooking Roasting Sauce

Grate cheese on a coarse grater and mix with 100 ml of low-fat sour cream or mayonnaise. Chicken thighs - the product itself is quite oily, and excess fat will only make this dish heavier during digestion.

Squeeze a few cloves of garlic into a cheese and cream mixture through a crush (or grate on a fine grater), mix until smooth. You can add one bunch of finely chopped greens (dill, parsley, cilantro).

Scald tomatoes with boiling water, remove the peel and cut into circles, removing the core.

Bake in the oven: step by step recipe

Now let's start a step-by-step recipe for chicken thighs in the oven with cheese.

1. Prepare baking dishes: it can be a baking sheet with high sides or a stewpan made of refractory glass with a lid.
2. Pickle chicken thighs with a mixture of cheese, garlic and sour cream.
3. Lubricate the baking dish with a thin layer of oil, and it is better to line it with cooking foil. On chicken foil, lay the chicken thighs tightly together, cover them with a layer of tomato circles.
4. Cover the stewpan, and the baking sheet with another layer of foil, and put in the oven to bake, heated to a temperature of 200 ° C for 40 minutes. All contents should be well put out. You can judge the readiness by tomatoes: press with a fork - their flesh should sprawl from pressure.
5. Remove the cover or top layer of foil. Sprinkle all the grated cheese on a fine grater and leave in the oven for 3-5 minutes until a golden crust forms.

Meal

Cheese thighs in the oven with cheese - a high-calorie dish. Therefore, it is preferable to choose a light side dish: braised green beans, asparagus, canned mixture of green peas with corn and carrots, boiled potatoes and vegetable salads.

Believe me, the reviews about chicken thighs in the oven with cheese according to our recipe you will receive the most pleasant from the guests at the dinner table and from households. Serve the dish on the table directly on a baking sheet or in a saucepan - it does not require additional serving. Bon Appetit!