A flavorful oven-fried chicken recipe with thighs breaded in bread crumbs and smoky chipotle sauce. This post is sponsored by Tabasco. Jump to recipe.
Brian is the chicken master in the house. He’s been roasting it since his stint at a rotisserie chicken place in high school. He makes a mean barbecued chicken. And his devotion to perfect fried chicken is fanatical with everything – prep, how the tools are laid out, cooking time, oil amounts, seasonings. It’s all down to a science. Truly, I married well. But one thing he’s never done much of is baked chicken. But this week, as we use the restrictions of the Tabasco 10 Ingredient Challenge to push our creativity, we decided to break with tradition and try an oven fried chicken recipe.
First, in keeping with the rules, I dutifully made bread crumbs from a loaf of ciabatta. While I worked on this, Brian made an egg dip with smoky Chipotle Tabasco. We then dipped and dredged a batch of bone-in chicken thighs, and set them in the oven on a wire rack over a baking pan. About 20 minutes later, we had crisp, tender, smoky chicken. Totally good and totally easy.
Along with a host of creative bloggers, we’ll be checking in every day this week with a new recipe inspired by the Tabasco 10 Ingredient Challenge. The ingredients, selected by the smart, talented Stephanie Le of i am a food blog are: Tabasco Original Red, Green Jalapeno, or Chipotle Sauce; chicken; eggs; mozzarella; fennel; zucchini; rice; rigatoni; ciabatta; and honey. (Salt, pepper, and oil are free ingredients.) For recipe inspiration all week, follow #TABASCO10 on Twitter and Instagram!
A flavorful oven-fried chicken recipe with thighs breaded in bread crumbs and smoky chipotle sauce.
- 1 cup ciabatta bread crumbs or panko
- 3 eggs
- 3 tablespoons Chipotle Tabasco
- 1 tablespoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 4 bone-in chicken thighs (about 1 1/2 pounds)
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Set a wire rack on a rimmed baking sheet.
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In a medium bowl, lightly whisk together eggs and Chipotle Tabasco.
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In another medium bowl, combine the bread crumbs, sea salt, and pepper.
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Dip chicken thighs into egg mixture, dredge in bread crumbs on all sides, and carefully set on prepared wire rack.
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Slide into oven and bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until chicken thighs are golden brown. Pull the chicken after 20 minutes, slide a thermometer into the thigh parallel to the bone (being careful not to touch the bone), and check temperature. Pull chicken when internal temperature reaches 180 degrees F. Rest chicken 5 minutes, then serve.
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Tabasco.
I am loving this challenge! So many fun people are involved. And these chicken thighs!!! Definitely planning on making this for dinner soon.
i LOVE oven fried chicken 🙂
These look delicious and super crunchy. I love Chipotle Tabasco,
What a delicious supper, Elizabeth!
Just wondering, is there a way to Pin these without having to search through your Pinterest page? The link doesn’t lead to this recipe to pin, only to your home page.
Oops, never mind, I got it! 😉
Glad to hear it, V!
Why would someone leave a one star rating and not write what was wrong? Lame. Anyway, looks great and 2 of my teens are making this for dinner tonight!
Hi Kathleen,
Thanks for noticing that! I just checked in with the commenter, and am hoping for more insight. In the meantime, I hope you and your family enjoyed the dish! I dream of the day when my girls can make me dinner! Cheers.
Hi Kathleen,
Just checked with the commenter and it looks like the 1-star rating was a glitch. With the commenter’s approval, I went ahead and deleted it, since it did not reflect her feelings about the recipe. Thanks again for noticing!
Tried this recipe for my family tonight. Delicious and so easy! The only thing I had trouble with was the cooking time. I had to bake it twice as long to get it fully cooked.
Hi Shannon,
Thanks for the feedback and I’m glad you liked the dish! Sorry the cook time was longer–I’m surprised because 40 – 45 minutes is almost as long as it takes to roast a whole bird. Sometimes if the chicken thighs are not completely thawed after being frozen, that can throw the timing off significantly. Could that have been a possibility? Otherwise, your oven temp might be off or the heating element may be cutting out.