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Baked Skinless Chicken Thighs Topped with Seasoned Stuffing

Baked Skinless Chicken Thighs Topped with Seasoned Stuffing
Chef's notes

Chicken thigs are frequently cooked with skin on as a way to keep them moist especially when oven baked in dry heat. 

This tasty recipe is made with skins removed, using simple techniques to ensure incredibly moist chicken. The flavors of the finished dish are surprisingly delicious. Super moist chicken, simple ingredients, easy assembly, flavorful; what’s not to love?

Thighs are generously brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with Tuscany seasoning. The ingredients in my Tuscany seasoning are sage, rosemary, garlic and Kosher salt; perfect for chicken. Thighs are placed in a rimmed cookie sheet covered with non-stick aluminum foil.

Topping is made by combining packaged seasoned stuffing mix, ricotta cheese, chicken broth and olive oil. Thighs are equally topped with stuffing and baked. 

The cooking sheet is placed on the lowest shelf in a hot preheated oven. The chicken is essentially oven fried, mostly cooked from the bottom up. Non-stick aluminum foil nicely helps tan bottoms of thighs while the stuffing mix helps moisture from escaping.

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Baked Skinless Chicken Thighs Topped with Seasoned Stuffing

Ingredients

  • 8 Chicken thighs
  • Olive oil for coating
  • Tuscany seasoning
  • 1 cup ricotta cheese, full or low fat
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • ¼ cup olive oil and
  • 3 cups herb seasoned bread stuffing

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 380 degrees convection. 

  2. Remove skins and rinse thighs. Pat dry and place on a baking sheet lined with non-stick aluminum foil. Place smooth side up. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle with Tuscany Seasoning. Flip over, coat and season the other side. 

  3. Place ricotta cheese in a bowl. Whisk in the chicken broth then the ¼ cup of olive oil. Add stuffing and mix by fork until just combined. 

  4. Spoon stuffing over the thighs and place tray on the bottom shelf. Cover stuffing with regular aluminum foil when it begins to brown (about a half hour). Thighs will be cooked through after about 40 minutes’ or so total. Cut thighs in their thickest part to verify cooked through.
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