Baked Cilantro Lime Chicken Thighs
Chicken thighs, potatoes baked in spicy Cilantro Lime Marinade. This 30 minutes one-pan Baked Chicken is an ultimate weekday dinner recipe.
Ingredients
- 500 gm chicken thighs with bone
- 250 gm potato cubes
- 1 red bell pepper
- salt pepper and for seasoning
- wedges lemon to serve
For cilantro Lime Marinade
- 2 cups cilantro loosely packeds fresh leaves
- 4 cloves garlic
- Half onion a
- 1.5 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 Jalapeno Pepper
- Pinch sugar of
- to taste salt
- ΒΌ cup olive oil
Instructions
- In a food processor add all the ingredients mentioned under marinade except oil. Add very little water if required and blend everything to a fine paste.
- While the food processor still running slowly add olive oil at intervals. (Slowly adding oil helps in emulcification )
- Pre heat oven to 180 degree.
- Heat a griddle pan. Add little oil
- Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper. Brown chicken in the hot griddle on both the sides (1-2 minutes on each side)
- After browning of chicken is done , in the same pan toss cubed potatoes and bell pepper just to coat any residual oil in the pan.
- In a rectangular pan arrang chicken and veggies in a single layer. Spread the sauce. Make sure chicken and veggies are well coated with the sauce.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or till chicken is cooked through.
- To roast a little extra just before the baking ends, I have broiled it for 8-10 minutes on high heat.
- Before serving squeeze lemon juice generously.