Name: Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken Thighs
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 3 or 4 Large Bell Peppers (Orange, Red, Yellow); 1 bunch Green Onions; Olive Oil; 8 Chicken Thighs (skin on); Salt; 3 tbsp Ketchup; 4 tbsp Orange Marmalade; 2 tsp Soy Sauce; 2 tsp Balsamic Vinegar; 1/2 tsp Minced Ginger; Pinch Cayenne Pepper

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This recipe for Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken Thighs has become part of my "simple meal" dinner rotation. Not only is it easy and delicious, but the clean up is a breeze.

baked chicken thighs with peppers on a cookie sheet

This is my version of a recipe I found in an old Food Network magazine. I changed the ingredient amounts and simplified the cooking process. Fewer dirty dishes is always a plus! Nothing worse than a big mess to clean up after dinner.

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Simply mix up the sweet and sour sauce ingredients, brush the sauce on the chicken, slice up some peppers and you are ready to bake!

In less than an hour, you have a tasty and satisfying meal.

Sticky and sweet with just a little tartness. These chicken thighs are also great the next day.

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Ingredients needed

Orange, red, and yellow bell peppers
Green onions
Olive oil
Chicken thighs, skin on
Salt
Ketchup
Orange marmalade
Soy sauce
Balsamic vinegar
Minced ginger
Pinch cayenne pepper

How to prepare this recipe

Preheat oven.
Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil for even easier clean-up.
Slice up peppers and onions. Drizzle with olive oil and toss together. Spread them to the side of the baking sheet.
Place chicken thighs on the baking sheet and lightly sprinkle chicken and peppers with salt if desired.
Mix together the sweet and sour sauce.
Brush the sauce onto the chicken. Coat well.
Bake the chicken for 35 to 45 minutes or until done.

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a cat looking down on a pan of cooked chicken thighs

These Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken Thighs smelled so amazing that even my cat had to check them out. And she doesn't like "people food".

a close up picture of a baked chicken thigh

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Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken Thighs

This recipe for Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken Thighs is not only easy and delicious but with this simplified recipe, cleanup is a breeze.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time45 mins

Total Time55 mins

Author: Cook This Again, Mom!

Ingredients

3 or 4 Large Bell Peppers Orange, Red, Yellow
1 bunch Green Onions
Olive Oil
8 Chicken Thighs skin on
Salt
3 tablespoon Ketchup
4 tablespoon Orange Marmalade
2 teaspoon Soy Sauce
2 teaspoon Balsamic Vinegar
½ teaspoon Minced Ginger
Pinch Cayenne Pepper

Instructions

Pre heat oven to 425 degrees.
Slice up peppers and onions and place on baking sheet. Drizzle with a small amount of olive oil. Toss together and spread peppers and onion to outer edge of baking sheet.
Place chicken on baking sheet and lightly sprinkle chicken and peppers with salt if desired.
Mix together ketchup, marmalade, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, ginger, and cayenne pepper.
Brush the sauce onto the chicken. Coat well.
Bake the chicken for 35 to 45 minutes or until done.

Notes

Use aluminum foil for even easier cleanup.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

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