To say you can't cook chicken thighs in 35 mins?

[Cumberlover76]

I read many recipes, particularly tray bake stuff, that says bung all the veg in with the chicken thighs for 35/45 mins. If you do that the thighs are no way cooked enough. They need a good hour/hour and a half or so to be lovely and cooked and crispy, but if you put the veg in at the same time the onions and other veg are burnt. Totally nothing to worry about, but I wish the recipes would be a bit more realistic. Slow roast the thighs for a good 45mins to hour then add the veg for a further 30-45 mins and all is perfect.

Coat in honey and smoked paprika, bung in oven at 180 for 35 minutes.

This explains a lot about my chicken tray bakes.

Cook per recipe.
Test chicken. Not cooked.
Ten more minutes.
Test chicken. Not cooked.
Repeat about three more times.

Thank you!

You only need to cook until the meat is cooked through, not cremated! It depends on your oven but 40 mins is usually sufficient. not sure if yabu but what a funny thing to be annoyed by! :)

You can score them and that'll speed it up even more!

This recipe is delicious, have cooked it many times and the chicken thighs are only in the oven for 40 minutes.

www.hairybikers.com/recipes/view/spanish-style-chicken-bake#261UzjF8ZPJShdo9.97

You can easily cook a whole chicken in less than 90 minutes. Why would you want to cook a thigh for that long?

Do you just like chicken really dry?

You can cook a whole chicken in an hour!

35 mins is absolutely fine for thighs. As long as the centre is above 75 Celsius they are done.

Everyone should use a chefs thermometer. Makes life so much easier.

Crumbs, they'd be cremated if I cooked them that long op!
Bone in 40 minutes, boneless 30-35 minutes. Cooked on top of the cooker in a curry probably 30 minutes after a quick browning if skin-on.
Never 1hr 45 mins.

35 mins is plenty if they are boned. They'll need longer if they aren't.

That hairy bikers dish looks amazing. I'm going to have a go at that tomorrow!

I love it when all the skin is crisp and the meat is falling apart and 40 mins doesn't cut it for me! I'm not annoyed but feel many recipes need longer than they say!

35 minutes is plenty of time for cooking chicken thighs!

I'm with you OP, at least an hour here.

I can recommend that recipe Crisp. It is delicious .

Depends on the size of the thighs. I like my chicken skin crispy and small supermarket thighs are very well done in 30 minutes at 190 degrees C. If yours are taking an hour then you're cooking them at too low a temperature (or your oven thermometer is buggered) or you've accidentally bought ostrich.

or you've accidentally bought ostrich.

I usually roast thighs for 40 to 45 minutes. Perfect every time.

But i don't generally go for ostrich.

I can do it 40 mins on the hob.

Take your largest saucepan, put in onions, garlic, grated carrot, place chicken thighs and cook til the outsides go white. Then add fresh chopped coriander on top, lemon juice and stock and leave on until 40 mins is up. Keep an eye on to make sure it doesn't stick and add more stock if necessary. V easy. V good.

yabu
the trick is to fry the chicken first for some colour. then 30 min is plenty to finish them off.

On or off the bone?

35 mins @ 180 is plenty time for bone in. 25 mins @180 for boneless.
I like a nice crispy skin too.

Meat thermometers are cheap and save a lot of hassle for cooking and reheating. Everyone should have one

Nigella agrees with you OP - I'd 100% recommend her Spanish Chicken , goes down a storm with all my dinner guests!

Maybe what you need is a new oven?!

I'd cook them for at least an hour. I like them well cooked.