Buffalo Chicken Thigh Recipe
While eating wings can be absolutely messy, these buffalo chicken thighs help out with that. You get that same juicy chicken, but in a way that can be eaten with a fork. Tender thighs are seasoned and seared in a pan and then drenched in a delicious buffalo sauce. It's an easy go-to weeknight meal!
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs trimmed of excess fat
- 1 teaspoon coarse kosher or sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
- 1 cup buffalo sauce
- 1/4 cup ranch or blue cheese dressing
- 1/4 cup blue cheese or gorgonzola crumbles optional
Instructions
- Season both sides of the chicken thighs with the salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder making sure all sides are coated.
- Add the avocado oil to a large skillet and heat over medium heat.
- Once the oil is hot, add the chicken thighs.
- Cook about 5 minutes and flip them.
- Let them sear for about 1 minute and then pour in the buffalo sauce.
- Continue to cook them until the internal temperature reaches 165ºF, about 5 more minutes.
- Remove from the heat.
- Turn the thighs to coat on all sides.
- Drizzle with the ranch dressing and sprinkle with blue cheese. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Be sure the oil is hot when adding your chicken to get a nice sear on the outside.
- Trimming the excess fat from the chicken thighs helps to avoid the undesirable texture that can sometimes happen with chicken thighs.
- You can serve these up just like wings with the classic sides of celery and carrot sticks.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 297kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 118mg | Sodium: 2755mg | Potassium: 330mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 100IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 1mg