The perfect chicken dinner for those nights when you want to keep it simple, these Easy Lime Baked Chicken Thighs are tender, juicy, and full of flavor.
If you are a fan of chicken thighs, you’ll also love this Honey Soy Chicken or these Cast Iron Teriyaki Chicken Thighs.
Now, I’m not one to ever really go crazy or over the top with dinner plans. I tend to always keep things pretty simple. But these Easy Lime Baked Chicken Thighs just may be my new fall back when I’m feeling that need to slow down. Because dinner really doesn’t get much easier than this recipe. You can honestly have this prepped and ready to slide into the oven before the oven has even had time to preheat completely. You can’t beat that for simplicity!
Weeknights or weekend – these Easy Lime Baked Chicken Thighs just may become your go-to, as well!
Ingredients
- Chicken Thighs: I have long been a fan of chicken thighs. While I do use breasts often, they are hard to cook and keep moist and flavorful. It seems like 15 seconds too long in the oven and you have dry, tasteless chicken. You don’t run into that problem as easily with chicken thighs. They are very forgiving, aka super easy to cook, and they have so much more flavor. You are adding a few extra calories and fat grams, but it’s all worth it to me! You could definitely sub in chicken breasts if you want, but you won’t get the juicy, flavorful chicken that you would by using thighs.
- Lime Juice: You will want to use fresh lime juice. I also like to serve the chicken with some fresh lime slices.
- Brown Sugar: You just need a little bit of brown sugar to bring in some sweetness and flavor.
- Bullion Granules: This gives you a lot of extra chicken flavor. If you don’t have the granules, you can crush a bullion cube, but the granules will be a lot easier.
- Seasonings: For this recipe, you will need salt, poultry seasoning, thyme, pepper, and paprika.
- Butter: You’ll add little pats of butter to the top of the chicken while it cooks which helps to keep the chicken nice and moist, as well as adding extra flavor and richness.
How to Make Lime Baked Chicken Thighs
STEP 1: Place the chicken thighs in a baking dish that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Pour the lime juice over the top of the chicken.
STEP 2: In a bowl, combine the brown sugar, chicken bullion granules, salt, poultry seasoning, thyme, pepper, and paprika. Sprinkle this mixture over the chicken. Place the butter evenly over the chicken.
STEP 3: Bake until the chicken is cooked through. This will take about 25 minutes.
Tips and Tricks
We like to serve this over rice, but it can also be served just as is. It would be great with some roasted potatoes!
If you want to pump up the lime flavor, you can also add in some lime zest.
You can also use bone-in chicken thighs. They will take a little longer to bake, so keep that in mind.
Using an instant read thermometer is the easiest way to check if your chicken is done!
More Chicken Thigh Recipes
Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken
Ranch Chicken and Potatoes with Cheese
Grilled Brown Sugar Mustard Chicken
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Easy Lime Baked Chicken Thighs
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 2 tablespoons butter cut into small cubes
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425ºF. Spray a 9×13-inch dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Place the chicken thighs in the baking dish. Pour the lime juice evenly over the chicken.3 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs, 6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, chicken bouillon granules, salt, poultry seasoning, thyme, pepper and paprika. Sprinkle evenly over the chicken. Dot the chicken with the butter.1 teaspoon brown sugar, 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon paprika, 2 tablespoons butter
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes, or until a thermometer reads 165ºF.
Beverly says
I’ve made this recipe several times over the years and have been pleased with the outcome. the chicken thighs are tender and delicious!I usually use half the thigh weight for two of us, but the whole amount of sauce as the extra lime/butter flavors the jasmine rice I often serve with this quick and easy recipe.
Bev says
A great recipe which I have made several times over the last year (or 2?)! The chicken thighs are always tender and the topping is delicious!
Veenas says
A Very Yummy Wonderful Recipe !!! WOW Nice Photos to See. I’ll Definitely Try it. Thank You For Sharing.
Kristy says
My family loved these, they’re definitely going on our rotation. Super easy and very flavorful. We had them over supergreens noodles and corn as a side, all the flavors went perfectly together. Thank you much for sharing!
Receta de pollo says
I congratulate you on this recipe. I love!
Heather Marshall says
My husband absolutely loves this dish, very flavorful amd juicy!!! We usually make this with butter rice and roasted Brussel Sprouts❤
Lori P says
This recipe just showed up in my Google newsfeed and I can’t wait to try it! I also see a cupcake recipe that I need to investigate as well. 🙂