Chicken thighs are a budget lifesaver for busy families. However certain people, and I’m looking straight into the mirror on this one, don’t care for dark meat.

What do you do when you have white meat tastes and a dark meat budget? That’s easy. You find recipes that dial the flavor up. Way up…

1. Caramelized Garlic and Brown Sugar Chicken Thighs

2. Easy Chili Honey Chicken Thigh Recipe

The next one is written for chicken pieces, but it’s a simple swap to use only chicken thighs.

3. Chicken Thighs Marinated in Balsamic and Roasted

4. Fried Chicken Thighs Marinated in Homemade Italian Dressing (this has a bonus recipe for Italian Dressing)

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5. Boneless Chicken Thighs with Shallots and Garlic

6. Garlic and Soy Chicken Thighs

7. Oven Fried Chicken Thigh Recipe
8. In case you’re worried, any recipe for chicken leg quarters can be used for chicken thighs. Such as this recipe for grilled pineapple chicken thighs.

9. Tequila Lime Chicken Thighs

I may have saved the best for last

10. Stuffed Chicken Thighs

What if you’re too cheap to buy boneless chicken thighs? Well, I have a tutorial for how to remove a chicken thigh bone handy. You expected less?

Do you know what would make this list even better? If you added your favorite recipe for chicken thighs. Feel free to link in the comments.