10 Healthy Chicken Thigh Recipes to Make for Dinner
Make one of these good-for-you and delicious chicken thigh meals tonight.
Step aside, chicken breasts. Juicy, tender chicken thighs are what we're making for dinner tonight. Our delicious, healthy chicken thigh recipes are filled with fresh, healthy ingredients that come together fast (in 45 minutes or less!). Keep these ideas handy—they can save the day when you don't have much time to make dinner.
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Spice-Rubbed Chicken and Poblano Tacos
Tacos can be a nutritious, fast dinner, especially when you make a healthy chicken thigh recipe. Broil the chicken thighs and plenty of fresh poblano peppers, then add heavy cream to make a delicious pan sauce. Besides a few corn tortillas to support the chicken and peppers, these tacos are so tasty that they don't need additional fixings.
Chicken and Asparagus Skillet Supper
Eating healthy doesn't mean you always have to skip the bacon. This easy chicken recipe calls for just 20 minutes and six ingredients (yes, one is bacon). Skillet-cooking the chicken thighs with bacon is a quick and easy way to develop comfort food flavors while microwaving asparagus and yellow summer squash makes a fast and healthy side.
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Chicken Thighs with Artichokes
Paired with meaty mushrooms and prosciutto, this healthy chicken thigh recipe is super delicious and filling. Cooking artichokes in the same pan is a yummy way to add a serving of veggies to this boneless thigh meal, too. And don't scrape out those browned bits from your skillet—you'll use them later to make an easy pan sauce for the chicken.
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Chicken Cacciatore
Chicken cacciatore is one of our absolute favorite chicken recipes, and this version is loaded with fresh, good-for-you veggies. You'll still skillet-cook the chicken thighs in a rich tomato sauce, just like the classic dish, but adding bell peppers, mushrooms, chopped carrot, and pearl onions adds plenty of nutrients to this healthy chicken thigh recipe. Serve with fresh parsley on top for a restaurant-quality dinner.
Chicken with Apple-Vegetable Slaw Stir-Fry
This healthy chicken thigh recipe may permanently mix up your weeknight stir-fries. Instead of rice, cook mushrooms, cabbage, asparagus, and apple slices together into a mouthwatering slaw. And instead of whole chicken thighs, chop your chicken into bite-size pieces so it cooks quicker and is easier to eat with your mix of veggies.
Thai Green Curry Chicken
Bring on the heat! Chicken thighs get the spicy treatment in this recipe with green curry. This Thai recipe also has shredded carrots, green bell peppers, and sweet onions so that this better-than-takeout chicken meal will taste fresh. For a flavor-packed dish, serve over brown basmati rice with flaked coconut and cilantro.
Pan-Roasted Chicken with Brussels Sprouts and Apples
Meet your new favorite speedy fall dinner! This healthy chicken thigh recipe is super simple and easy (you need only five ingredients, after all), and it makes the most of in-season Brussels sprouts and apples. All you're missing is a piping hot cup of apple cider to sip.
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Pressure Cooker Indian-Spiced Chicken
We love using our pressure cookers for quick chicken dinners. This healthy boneless, skinless chicken thigh recipe packs in delicious curry flavor with only 5 minutes of cooking time under pressure. To keep this one-dish dinner on the healthier side, enjoy the chicken curry over low-carb cauliflower rice.
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Sheet Pan Cashew Chicken
Sheet-pan dinners might be the easiest (mostly) hands-off way to get an entire dinner on the table at lightning speed. Our healthy chicken thigh recipe combines the meat and veggies on a single pan before roasting for just 20 minutes. Serve over hot cooked rice and you've got a delicious takeout-style meal without leaving the house.
Lemon-Ginger Chicken Thighs
As one of our top-rated Pinterest recipes, this is a quick and easy chicken thigh recipe you'll keep making. The zesty seasoning of lemon, freshly grated ginger, honey, and soy sauce adds big flavor to the chicken. The best part? It comes together in a quick 35 minutes.
Healthy Chicken Recipes Beyond Thighs
If you prefer white meat, it's a cinch to make a chicken dinner that's tasty and healthy. Chicken and Lemon-Broccoli Alfredo may sound indulgent, but sticking with light Alfredo sauce makes all the difference. Cilantro-Ginger Chicken with Peanuts brings Asian flavor from your skillet to your table. If you like cheese (and who doesn't?), these Feta-Stuffed Chicken Breasts will surprise you with their big flavor and low calories. For a super-easy meal, Tomatillo Chicken Soup is made in your slow cooker—just toss the ingredients in and let it simmer!
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